I've been doing silly voices since I was a child.
Godzilla's a monster for the '90s. He's been working out.
Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 16 and completely lost all my concentration for academics.
Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius.
I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested.
The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
There's no experience like on-the-job training.
When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'
When you're on a series that's been cancelled, there's a little bit of a stink on you.
When you do well in a movie that's seen as really great, you're revitalized for six weeks.
I bartended for a catering company for two or three years.
I wore a thong and a bra and a wig. Those things hurt. I mean, thongs? Like, they dig in. It takes a tough man to be a woman.
Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much.
I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads.
I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.
I have no new voices - they've all been used.
A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two and go, 'Let me try a bunch of things I was thinking of, as you were doing that.'
