I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good.

There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good.

There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to making myself a star. I haven't been in a blockbuster.

There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to making myself a star. I haven't been in a blockbuster.

I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.

I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.

My sense of stand up comedy would be so esoteric.

We all have different sides of our personalities, so I'd love to play some more different parts too.

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that.

I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character.

At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.

At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.

To me some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise some of the most dramatic films, or films that have the most dramatic moments, are in comedies.

I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a comic, I studied theater and my career when I started was a lot of dramatic stuff.

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.

I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife.

I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife.

A light without shadow generates an emotion without reserve.

Nothing is more dangerous to maidenly delicacy of speech than the run of a good library.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.