Only when you get into TV and film, do people really want you to be a 'specialist'.

I worked mostly in television drama for my first few years. I just kept guesting on NYPD Blues and CSI-like stuff, so when I started getting work in comedy, a lot of people in the business would say, 'Oh - I didn't know you did comedy.'

I have a very healthy growth of both head and facial hair. People always want to attribute further superhuman powers to me. It's funny the way the audience really seems to want me, Nick the actor, to exhibit the same machismo as Ron Swanson.

I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk.

I think that purity creates not only a higher level of artistic vision but a purer work ethic.

I spent a lot of my youth working outside in the elements, and I kind of revel in defeating tough weather.

Let's just say I can never be cast again after Ron Swanson. Then I have a life of theater and woodworking and my wife to look forward to, and that doesn't make me anything but very happy.