Hosting a show, even a talk show or a game show, there's so much business you have to conduct. There's so much guiding you have to do.

I used to need the character but as I've gotten older I need it less and less - I prefer to play some version of myself. To approach any acting job as me just being me.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic, but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

As an actor, you can show up on a set and be on a TV show for three or four years, or whatever it is and, by the end of it, you just want to do something else.

My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's books today." Then I sit down and write a children's book, and if it takes more than, realistically, three hours, I feel like I've done something wrong.

I think writing for anybody helps you order your life. It helps you arrange your emotions and your thoughts and it helps to provide perspective.

I hope you die.... P.S. If you do die, I'm going to go to the funeral and finger your corpse.