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" Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to. "

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" I like doing things that are different, unexpected, and where I feel that either the role feels like a natural fit for me or it's a really big swing that I don't know if I'm going to connect on. "

" I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now. "

" I like all of John Carpenter's movies. 'The Thing' is my favorite. "

" In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of fifty people for twelve hours a day on a film set, I really like my alone time, and as always, I abhor small talk. "

" It's funny what actors take issue with. Some won't do parts where animals are in jeopardy; some won't ever play anyone remotely unlikable - 'Heroes only, please.' Some won't do violence. I have no such qualms. "

" Somewhere in my callow, misspent youth, I was smart enough to marry my best friend. "

" After my parents' divorce when I was 4, I spent weekends with my dad before we finally moved to California. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was incapable of enjoying the day's activities, of being in the moment, because I was already dreading the inevitable goodbye of Sunday evening. "

" I started out being a really, really liberal Democrat. "

" I've been around for so long, people have their perceptions of me: good, bad or indifferent. "

" I didn't go to Ivy League schools. I dropped out of college to go into movies. "

" If you're telling a story, and somebody is going to come out badly, it better be you. "

" My son Matthew's beloved dog is a Jack Russell. His name is Buster. Matthew picked him as a puppy, when he was tiny himself. "

" Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work. "

" I've always been involved in politics, since I was 8 or 9 years old. I sold Kool-Aid for McGovern - I could always pick a winner. "

" Of the many horrors of divorce, the most egregious is that it robs a kid of the best of both worlds. Dads can do many things that even the best moms can't, and vice versa. "

" I don't know what drives me. "

" There's this unbelievable bias and prejudice against quote-unquote good-looking people, that they can't be in pain or they can't have rough lives or be deep or interesting. "

" I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.' "

" I'd love to serve my country. I would love it. "

" I've come to really like Twitter. You really do get to see what I'm about, and I like sharing with my fans. "

" I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act. "

" I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things. "

" Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before. "

" Like most guys, I don't come to beauty regimes naturally. I'm dragged kicking and screaming by the best in the world. "

" My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character on 'Parks & Recreation' is the comic relief in a comedy. To play a character that appears strictly for laughs is sort of new for me and really fun. "

" I made a conscious effort to focus on television so I could stay in Los Angeles, so I wasn't on a location all over the world doing movies. "

" Fame is not a natural condition for human beings. "

" It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot. "