I used humor as survival, as a weapon and as comfort.

I wanted to play football and see how that went. In my mind, I knew I wasn't good enough to be a pro, but I was having a really fun time doing it. When you're on a college team, you can tell who's going to be a pro or not almost instantly.

I've always been very opinionated, for lack of a better term, about art. Not to sound too arrogant, but I guess I'm a connoisseur of telling people what I think is good and bad.

Well, that would be a title [the busiest guy in Hollywood] still reserved for Ryan Seacrest. I have one assistant; he has about nine. I don't have a food taster yet, I don't have a fluffer either. But, yes there are some days when I don't know if I am coming or going.

If you become famous and you start making money, then people want to give you things. It's the exact opposite of how it's supposed to be.

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.

Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.