When people say, 'You're perceived as a sex symbol,' I love the idea of that because it's so absurd.
I loved my time growing up in Northern Ireland doing youth drama, that is where it all began for me.
Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.
I don't think there's a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they're doing at all.
With comedic news, it's about having a point of view. If you don't have that, you don't have a show.
Action comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is.
You start at 'SNL' when you're young and hungry, but I don't want my pro years to be my 'SNL' years.
I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.
I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies.
Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus - I put Issa Rae in that category of comic genius.
What's great about stand-up unlike athletes and other things when you get old you get old and rusty.
Joan Rivers is 80 and she's fantastic. She lives in mortal fear of not filling that 1,500-seat room.
I was raised listening to, like, Jay and Big and Pac, Cassidy, Ludacris, even some of Drake's stuff.
But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me.
At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family.
The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.
You never know in a movie if it's going to be a sequel, but right now I'm proud of what we produced.
Joe Mantello is the uber director. I wrote him a card tonight saying basically, 'Will you adopt me?'
No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it come to you. Let it happen.
I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.
Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.
I've got to be active in life, and it's the same when I'm doing stunts in a movie: I'll do anything.
All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater.
Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Risk being seen in all of your glory.
I wouldnt want to be reincarnated as a butler. I couldnt for the life of me do the job in real life.
I do want to be involved in quality projects that say something positive about the Latino community.
No, I don't want to talk about River. I have nothing to say about it that I would want to be public.
It can take me forever to choose the right coffee cup in the morning. And it does make a difference!
I had [at school] my own little posse of people that all felt weird together so it wasn't so lonely.
I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building.
I thought to myself, "Join the army!" It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.
I campaigned for Obama, and that was such a big component of getting the vote out, was social media.
I don't understand why very, very rich people want to have even more money than they've already got.
I've always called myself a writer/performer, not an actor because I basically write what I perform.
I sing the Star Spangled Banner, so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.
Yeah, the material's been good so far, although I'm sure there's got to be a drought coming someday.
Lauren Bacall, James Garner, and Jack Lemmon - they're all gone now, but I was so impressed by them.
It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible.
When people are taking something extremely seriously, that's the time to take out the pig's bladder.
I was married very young. I lived a very middle class life. I was married at age 21, divorced at 31.
When you read the sacred Scriptures, or any other book, never think how you read, but what you read.
I would get scripts about 'a young swinging bachelor on the make,' and I said, 'No, I've done that.'
It's important to keep challenging myself and try to come up with some new face every now and again.
I'm not a great pothead or anything like that... but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol.
It's nice, when the lights come up at the end of the movie, to not be like, "What did I just watch?"
My heart aches watching Donald Trump... pouring his heart out... How can anyone doubt his sincerity?
It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world.
Real life is not as simple as it is on a screen. I think real life is actually a lot more beautiful.