You can say your lines a million different ways and play your character a million different ways and still hit the common, agreed-upon finish line.
I really like dramas that have a tone of comedy in them or the opposite, and those are done by people like Alexander Payne and Jason Reitman but also Spike Jonze and David O. Russell and Paul Thomas Anderson, the Coen Brothers.
If it's a good part in a good movie, I'll do it.
I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.
I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.
A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.
The directing is something that is incredibly satisfying to me and challenging to me because it's asking me to draw on everything I've been able to absorb over all these years of acting and having all this set experience.
I just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me.
My father was a director and producer, so when I was a little kid, he would take me to movies and show me what's good and what's not good and why, and often that would take me to a conversation about directing.
I really empathise with some of my peers who had success in the early years; then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.
I only wanted to get married once, so when I felt I was ready to handle it, I looked at my relationships and noticed that boyfriends get tired of girlfriends, and vice versa, but you never get tired of your friends.
Our kids will never have to remember things, because it's all in pictures. Want to remember your fourth birthday? There'll be video of it on your phone.
My mother is British; she's from Shrewsbury. She turned me onto 'Monty Python' very early.
I became an adult before I had a kid, which I highly recommend. I just like to throw her around. She's a really good snuggler, and she likes to give kisses and hugs.
We had, like, the greatest time you could ever imagine doing 'Arrested Development.' And as grateful as we are for the careers we have afterwards, it was - we still miss it.
Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch.
Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys I know. He has seen it all and done it all and come out the other end pretty savvy and pretty strong.
I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay.
Guys like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, they do things you love to watch. I like to do the other half.
Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.
