I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.

Different things just strike people differently. And it's so subjective, too. Because what makes one person laugh won't make others laugh. I guess it's kind of checkerboarded.

Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am.

My father is Italian, and I never met my paternal grandparents. The family name was Caroselli and it was changed in the mid 50s. I think they wanted to assimilate, which was pretty common, although I love the name Caroselli.

That's an interesting way to put it: an expectation of who you should be. More often than not, it's described as an expectation of who you are.

Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv.

I've thought a lot about success, because it's very strange to me that I've been successful.