Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the feather in any actor's cap.

[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always astounded at the fact that I've ever played a leading character in anything [Laughs]. And my wife concurs with that, frankly. She always thought I would be, at best, the wacky neighbor on a sitcom, so this is all just a surprise and a joy.

The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.

Taste in comedy, like fashion, changes all the time.

An office is a place to... live life to the fullest. To the max. To... an office is a place where dreams come true.

Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I can't hear you".

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.