I worshipped guys like Bill Maher, Jay Leno, and Jerry Seinfeld, and was doing my variation of that. But as a young person with no political point of view or life experience, it was as funny as you can imagine.

'Deadwood.' I could have watched that forever.

I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets.

I've made movies on every part of the spectrum, and you do understand when you go into certain movies that you're trying to elicit a certain kind of response from the audience, and people get a real sense of satisfaction when they're rooting for a character and the character pulls it off.

If you're an athlete, you might work your entire life, and you win the Super Bowl once, if you're lucky. And I feel like in the arts and entertainment we win the Super Bowl all the time.

There's something so scary about trying out new material and being completely comfortable jumping into the abyss with a comedic idea.

I used to tour a little bit with Jim Carrey and help him out on his first Showtime special.