If you like comedy, go home and curl up with Leviticus. The writers of The Onion are handed Leviticus on their first day.

I think that laziness in many ways is the human condition, and that's what has led us to this place where, as we've developed technology.

My wife, the actress Megan Mullally, was an English major at Northwestern University and loves fiction. Like so many things in my life, she curates things for me. For example, I have the daunting prospect of Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" waiting for me when I get through my current reading pile.

No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do.

The first thing I do, after I talk with the director and we agree that I'm going to do the role... My jumping off point is I get a picture of what my 'look' will be. My wardrobe style, my facial hair, glasses and all that kind of stuff.

One of the most poignant pieces of recent science fiction for me was the portrayal of the adults in the Pixar film WALL-E. I feel like we're on the cusp of becoming fat babies in floating chairs being fed everything in shake form, and I feel like I am as prone to laziness as anybody.

The fact that I have a job that people even watch is an incredible gift.