I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a laugh. I call myself a humorist.

I've split my life between a few different disciplines.

Auditioning for television shows - to find a guy who has a lot of experience as a laborer is a bit of an anomaly. We do exist. I know several other actors who have made their living, instead of a waitress job, framing houses or blacktopping roads.

It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent.

Really, all religious teachings can be boiled down to: “Just be cool. Don’t be an asshole.

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.

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.