I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western.

So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.

There's just something about me and my persona that's a little bit bigger than life and ridiculous at times.

Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.

I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's easy to like. He's not easy to like. It forces you to involve yourself with what's going on.

I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western.

Tick is a cartoon character, I don't know if you're familiar with him. This is the third step in his evolution. Comic book to cartoon to, now, live-action.