I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.

There's something you can get away with when you know you're only going to be on one season. There's no sense of, "We should save that." It's just like, "Use that! Get it out there now. They could shut us down any second!"

I don't think all of my ideas are good. It's almost easier when people are critical of you because it helps with the quality control.

I work under the assumption that, generally speaking, my taste and the taste of the Oscar voters are not one in the same.

This s - t [smoked on scenes] called Wizard Smoke. I didn't like it. [James] Franco didn't have that hard of a time with it. Franco will smoke anything.

I liked actions movies. Jean-Claude Van Damme was a major influence on me at that point in my life.

I'm actually way more funny now, because I'm hungry... If comedy comes from pain, I should be funnier now than I ever was.