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Here's the thing, with comedy ...

Here's the thing, with comedy - and I learned this from Will Ferrell - you can't be ashamed. If you're doing comedy, you have to fully commit to the joke. Shame is not part of it. If you act shy or uncomfortable about your body, that makes the audience shy and uncomfortable. And in a comedy you just want them to loosen up and laugh.

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Actually, acting turned out to...

Actually, acting turned out to be the perfect job for me, because I had a lot of different interests. I thought about being a priest at one point. I thought about being a teacher. I thought about being a lawyer. But I think acting is probably the best job for me.

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I actually envy actors who hav...

I actually envy actors who have a persona: 'This is the way I am. This is the part I play.' And do it over and over and over. To me, that's a lot easier than trying to reinvent yourself every six months.

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To me, it doesn't make any sen...

To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.

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Kind of the exhausting thing a...

Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh. If it's not funny, then there's not much point in doing it. The kind of ueber-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, 'Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny.'

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I did a movie with Leonardo Di...

I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an abattoir - he just slaughtered my character over and over again.

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When they're good, I like work...

When they're good, I like working with new actors.

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Whenever I work on something, ...

Whenever I work on something, I try and throw everything I have at it. Then if the director finds it useful they use it, and if not, they ignore it!

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Why people pick me for the rol...

Why people pick me for the roles that they do is a bit of a mystery.

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I would consider directing. I ...

I would consider directing. I think directing myself would be tough, but I'm definitely interested in directing. I might start off directing a play before I move to a film.

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Oftentimes, a funny situation ...

Oftentimes, a funny situation is funny because it's uncomfortable or weird. The most memorable stories, or the stuff that you repeat to your friends, it's not like, 'Oh, I had a pleasant day, nothing happened on the bus today.' It's when strange things happen, when you become uncomfortable or knocked out of your own reality, those are the things that are interesting.

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There is a level of fame that ...

There is a level of fame that is really unmanageable. But most of the people who experience that level of fame are compensated in other ways. Private villas and chauffeured boats.

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This whole celebrity racket, i...

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

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One of the unique things is th...

One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea.

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I find people attractive for m...

I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.

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I'm a big fan of not letting t...

I'm a big fan of not letting the audience of off the hook, as they say. I like it when things feel real, and that's oftentimes not comfortable.

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Life is often confusing and sa...

Life is often confusing and sad, and I'm a big fan of the slap and the tickle, as they say.

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The way you get through having...

The way you get through having a shitty job is to laugh a lot and goof around.

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A lot of times, mainstream cri...

A lot of times, mainstream critics are much tougher on small, independent movies because they can be.

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I think just getting a movie d...

I think just getting a movie done is an accomplishment in itself.

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