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" Alex Smith is - I think he is a winner, and he's a smart quarterback, and I'm a fan of his. "
Quarterback
Fan
Winner
" All I really wanted to be was a working actor. "
Actor
Really
Wanted
" A lot of people say, 'What's the worst part about being an actor?' And the worst part is that you're not a musician. "
You
People
Lot
" Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris - they're both genius. "
Genius
Amy
Both
" 'Anchorman' was never supposed to be a popular, like, hit movie. That movie was a cheap movie - it felt like we were working on a weird independent comedy in a way. "
Way
Never
Independent
" 'Ant-Man' was a genre, I guess, that I hadn't really tackled before. "
Genre
Really
Tackled
" Anybody that's going on a road trip and doesn't really want to get into a myriad of snacks is probably no one you want to get in the car with. "
Trip
Car
Going
" Anything traumatic in my life I've always dealt with through jokes and comedy. "
Jokes
Life
My Life
" As a kid, I know that most of my parents' friends were because my mom made friends with them, and my dad went along. I know a lot of dads who do that. I think it just starts to happen with guys. In the case of my father, he was probably just too busy reading books about Titanic. "
Think
Father
Mom
" At my core, I'm a Midwesterner. "
Core
" Awkwardness is such a gold mine for comedy. "
Gold
Awkwardness
Comedy
" Comedy-wise, I think Chris Elliott is one of the funniest people. "
People
Funniest
Chris
" Early on, I decided I would see if I could make a career work on my own terms. "
Early
My Own
See
" Embarrassment and awkward situations are not foreign things to me. "
Me
Embarrassment
Awkward
" Even more than getting married or having kids, I found losing a parent is what thrusts you into adulthood. For me it was. That was when the Earth tilted on its axis, and there was a paradigm shift, and I felt like a different person. "
Earth
Me
Parent
" Fear is what makes comedy funny. "
Fear
Funny
Makes
" For a while, I tried to masquerade as somewhat of a hippie because I was under the impression that was the kind of guy girls would like. I was pretty unsuccessful because I liked the idea of camping more than actually camping. I did go to a Grateful Dead concert, but I was pretty bored. "
Go
Concert
Grateful
" Growing up, if I had been given any advice - bad or good - I probably wouldn't have been able to act on it regardless. I wasn't shy, but I'd get nervous. I got a little more confident later in high school when I realized I could get girls to pay attention to me by making them laugh. "
Growing Up
High School
School
" Growing up, I was certainly drawn to comedy, but my goal was just to be as well-rounded an actor as possible. I really liked Daniel Day-Lewis, and I thought, 'Oh, he's a good guy to try and emulate.' "
Thought
Comedy
Good
" Humor is the most important thing in life. It trumps everything else, and it's the only thing that helps me deal with everything else. "
Everything
Me
Life
" I always try and hold to that saying, 'I want to work on things I'd want to see.' The vast majority, that's been true. "
Work
Always
Saying
" I am so appreciative I have been able to continue not only doing something I love, but working on movies I've loved. "
Love
I Am
Doing
" I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am. "
Know
People
Street
" I can talk about sports and stuff, but I have a season pass for 'Antiques Roadshow' on my TiVo. "
I Can
Antiques
Season
" I'd like to do something dramatic or a different kind of role, but I tend not to separate comedy and drama all that much. "
Comedy
Kind
Drama
" I do like the idea that tomorrow I might find out that I'm going to be doing something that is completely unknowable today. I think it forces you to live in the moment in a very good way. "
Today
Moment
You
" I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes. "
Jokes
Much
Because
" I don't feel like a dork, but I certainly have many moments of nerdism, and I embrace it wholeheartedly. I've always cottoned to that crowd more, anyway. "
Embrace
Always
Feel
" I don't find the characters I've played funny. The characters are actually taking their situations very seriously. "
Situations
Funny
Find
" I don't have an agenda where I do a comedy and say, 'I have to do a drama next,' or 'I am looking for an action movie now.' "
Drama
Comedy
Action
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