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've been insane for a long time. An ex-girlfriend of mine once asked, "Is it true that all comedians are depressed?," and I said, "Every one I know is."

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.

Eventually, I want to be a creative producer that isn't in things. The acting is more of a secondary thing for me now.

I always found it really funny when actors would come offstage, smoking cigarettes and swearing at each other.

The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.

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