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I can't relate to 99% of humanity.
It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.
I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.
I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.
My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.
I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.
I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.
I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.
It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.
My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.
I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.
It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.
I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.
It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny.
Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.
Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.
I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.
I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.
Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.
Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?
I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.
I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.
The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.
Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.
I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.
I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.
I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting.
I had a magic kit. I never really followed through on it, but I had my phase of wanting to do it, sure.
When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed.
I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years.
Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.
The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.
I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.
I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'
I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.
Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.
Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.
Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.
I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better.
Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.
Usually, I only get to work a few weeks on a movie, or I often don't make it to the end of the movie because I'm disposed of.
My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.