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" 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.' "

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" Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work. "

" There is a major part of who I am that does not feel like the alpha male. "

" I wasn't one of those kids who was like, 'I want to be an actor.' It wasn't in my wheelhouse at all. I wasn't from a family that did this or in a place where people did this. "

" People have all different kinds of marriages. Whatever works for you. "

" I went through a phase where I thought it was really funny to make pratfalls in very crowded places. I jumped out of a moving car once, for a laugh. That was a mistake. "

" Kiss is a super - they are total businessmen. They pride themselves on it. "

" I used to love, love Steve Martin. I still do... I would get these albums, and I would just listen to them all the time. I would stand in my room and pretend that I was delivering his comedy routine... And I don't know if that planted any kind of seed, but I wasn't raised going to the theatre. "

" If someone made fun of me, I'd be bummed out. But I'd play it like I thought it was hilarious. "

" Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency. "

" I grew up in a lot of different places, mostly in Kansas, I really started thinking seriously about acting in high school; I just did it better than most of the other activities in school. "

" Looking back, I'm really happy with the choices I've made in my career. I know for a fact I could be wealthier. Who knows, maybe I could be more successful, maybe not. I don't know. But just about every single thing I've ever done I've gone into with the right intentions, and that goes a long way. "

" I laugh much more during takes than I do during real life. Maybe because you're not supposed to. I've ruined many takes because I will lose it. "

" I really tried for a while to go with the Adam Ant look. "

" I think I used comedy as a mechanism: if I could make the other kids laugh, I wouldn't get beaten up or teased as much. "

" I've been naked in a lot of my movies. There's something inherently funny about the naked male body, particularly mine. "

" 'Ant-Man' was a genre, I guess, that I hadn't really tackled before. "

" I'm not that nice - it's one of those things that reveals itself over time. You could talk to people who know me well; they could give you a laundry list. Except they probably wouldn't because they're petrified. "

" Personally - and I don't mean to brag - my jokes have been falling flat for most of my life. "

" What's weird is that anybody can write anything, and once it goes online, it's permanent. My very first biography on IMDb, which was written by a manager I had at the time, was not true. "

" I've always loved David Letterman. There was an irreverence to his show that I remember, especially in 'Late Night' - it always seemed so fresh. "

" I have trouble with long-term things. I tend to get obsessed with stuff and then move on. Roles, songs, video games. That's why I was afraid of marriage. Because it was like a lifelong game of 'Madden.' "

" It's insane but it's a great insane. "

" At my core, I'm a Midwesterner. "

" I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that. "

" I can talk about sports and stuff, but I have a season pass for 'Antiques Roadshow' on my TiVo. "

" Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris - they're both genius. "

" I think there's something kind of good about growing up in a place you know is not the cool place to be. I think it's good for your head. "

" There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to making myself a star. I haven't been in a blockbuster. "

" It's not often that you get to play somebody that has absolutely no cynicism or is not judgmental in any way. "