I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations.

The moment I do any puppy dog acting, I think the joke is dead. It's in the truth of how I play it, and the real painful honesty that I approach my performance with.

I'm much more a writer than an actor. Although I have a great respect for that and I enjoy acting still, it really is about the world that I'm creating. That's where my future is.

I really wanted to work in the American industry because it's the leading industry. It's where film and television started.

To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

I see something that seems like standard fare, that I can imagine any number of actors playing, and I'm generally not interested.

I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations.