I lived in Rome for about five or six months during Life Aquatic.

You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.

It isn't so much that I choose the roles - I mean, I guess there's a little bit of a selection process - but it's more just what people offer you.

You can't get too attached to any one shampoo. And conditioner, also.

I guess I was a little bit nervous, because there seemed to be so much secrecy with Ben [Stiller] wanting to make sure that it was a surprise when we walked out on the [Valentino] runway. I remember showing up at Place Vendôme and doing the fitting and seeing the pajamas that I was going to wear - which I like very much - and seeing Ben arrive kind of in disguise.

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

Acting is more fun than writing. Writing is harder, more like having a term paper.