Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.

It was my second show as a writer, and Justin Timberlake was just coming off boy-band stardom. People were rolling their eyes, but I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club, and I knew all those kids were talented as hell. Justin was as comfortable on camera in that first episode as any of our cast members.

I'm not buying a boat because of writing skits.

Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.

I didn't really want to be an actor when I was growing up - I wanted to be whatever I was reading about or seeing at the time. When I read The Firm I wanted to be a lawyer; when I saw Top Gun, I wanted to be a fighter pilot. So that's why acting probably turned out to be a good thing for me because I get to be people for five minutes or 90 minutes. I'd be curious to see if I had the attention span to be like those guys on 30 Rock and play the same character season after season.

I'd like to extend my career a little bit into different genres.

It's fun to play the type of people you dislike.