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" A character has to believe in himself, so I have to find a way to believe in them. Or at least sympathize to a degree. "
Degree
Believe
Way
" After I left 'Laverne & Shirley,' I got a ton of offers to play the goofy guy next door, and there were a couple of series that I was offered that turned out to be successful series, but it was too close to what I'd done on my series, and I was really glad I didn't take it. "
Got
Successful
Play
" Catherine O'Hara's one of the most amazing, wonderful actresses, but she's an amazing improviser. She really is. "
She
Wonderful
Amazing
" 'Clue' was a big flop when it came out, but it became a... It's a movie that almost everyone references with me, now, when I run into people. "
Big
Now
Me
" David Lander and I met in September of 1965. We were both students at Carnegie Tech, as it was then known. Before the Mellon money came in. "
Money
Then
Students
" Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities. "
Benign
Even
Kind
" I can have a real long day; I can have a 14-hour day of intense work and then get home, and it's just me and TCM on into the night. "
Night
Work
Me
" I don't eat steak often, maybe once a month. But when I do, it really hits the spot. When you're done with your steak and your mashed potatoes and your green beans, you really know you've had dinner. "
You
Dinner
Done
" I have never had a plan. Things happen to me, and, of course, I make friends who later say, 'Hey, you know who would be good for this? McKean would be good for this.' And they hire me, and if they like me, they hire me again, or the word gets out. "
You
Plan
Friends
" I like working with Bob Odenkirk. "
Working
Bob
Like
" I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it. "
Moving
Love
Friends
" I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody. "
Place
May
Over
" I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style. "
Good
Kind
Style
" I'm not a big oyster eater. But I know people who will sit at a raw bar and eat oyster for two hours. "
Oyster
Eat
Two
" I'm not a lawyer, thank God. Not that there's anything wrong with it. I've never had the brain power for it. I was not the kind of guy who could learn case law. "
God
Learn
Brain
" I'm not really a gourmet. I like to try new things. "
Like
Try
Things
" I pray to the shrine of 'Mr. Show.' It saved sketch comedy. "
Comedy
Show
Saved
" I think a villain who starts his morning looking in the mirror, wringing his hands, and going, 'How can I be evil today?' is not an interesting villain. An interesting villain is a person who you understand on some level, I think. "
Mirror
Evil
Morning
" I think 'The X-Files' was a very important moment in TV history. "
History
TV
Think
" I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help. "
Think
You
Deaf
" I try and find a way to love every character I play. "
Try
Love
Play
" It's nice to take the gloves off, to really examine your character's desires and goals. "
Take
Your
Character
" I was working with Bryan Cranston in 'All the Way.' We were about to make an entrance together - I was Hoover, he was LBJ - and he says to me, 'You should play the brother in 'Better Call Saul.' I was like 'What?' and it was time to go on. I'm doing the scene, and I can't think of what Hoover's supposed to say. "
Together
Time
You
" I watch my wife knitting, and it's like watching close-up magic to me. "
Watch
Me
Magic
" My wife makes an amazing chili. "
Amazing
Makes
Wife
" On film, when you're driving home from the set, you realize what you should have done, but it's too late. When you're taking the subway home from your play, you realize what you did wrong, and you go back the next night and you do it better, or you screw it up again in a different way. It's a different thing altogether. "
You
Better
Driving
" People seem to think if you're successful, then you have some secret. The fact is, you've just managed to work your life a certain way. "
People
Life
Way
" Some of the most interesting characters in literature and in movies and TV have been ones that you can't quite figure out all the way. "
Literature
Interesting
You
" Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that. "
Some People
World
You
" Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear! "
Quiet
Loud
See
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