Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.

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

The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get a bit more cerebral and escape into characters and the world of characters. But now I guess I escape into stories about 'Wilfred.

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

I like drama as well. When I played Hamlet, I got one review that said, "This must surely be the funniest Hamlet in history," but schoolgirls would still cry when he died.

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

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then certain people are going to love it just because they need a laugh.