I really wanted to do things that weren't comic. It felt like finding people who can see this other side to me.

Whatever the situation at hand, thats what Im dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.

I love Frances McDormand so much. I love her career. And I think it's fun because she gets to do comedy as well as drama.

I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.

I really wanted to do things that weren't comic. It felt like finding people who can see this other side to me.

Jeff Kinney is tall and has a great smile, but dont be fooled, hes as slick as they come. A real player. And how he came up with a book that appeals to kids ages 8-13 baffles me. Hes an unbelievably kind man with a great family.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women who are good at doing comedies, as well as dramas.