That's what life is, it's the small struggles. You walk down the street for half an hour, you see half an hour of drama. You don't need convoluted plot lines. You don't need long-lost brothers. You don't need it's set on the future; it's set on the moon.

With 'The Office' and 'Extras' I've always snuck in a little bit of heart and pathos - and drama, which is fun.

Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you could read them yourself. Whereas if someone [you like] shambles out, and they tell you what a bad day they've had, they don't have to say anything. I love them. I want to hug them because they've been through something. And it comes back to empathy, always empathy.

I fought a bear once. But it started crying, so I let it off.

America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us.

A joke isn't yours. It's used and you don't know where it's been.

I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.