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" 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. "

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" I had long ago become a creation, a public image made to be consumed, piled on top of a precarious shell of a little boy wanting to be loved. "

" My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In comedy you have to be willing to not take yourself seriously, you know? I take comedy really seriously, and so to take comedy seriously, you must not, you cannot, ever take yourself seriously. "

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

" If I had been on 'Ally McBeal,' I would have been seen coming out of the shower on the first show. "

" The cast of 'Parks & Rec' is just a group of unbelievably nice, humble, down to earth, hilarious friends. "

" I have had a lot of blessed, interesting things happen to me and have bumped up against some amazing people. "

" Matthew Lowe is one of the great water men that I know. He's a surfer, a great water polo player. I think he's half fish. "

" I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted. "

" I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties. "

" Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that require heavy makeup or outrageous wardrobe. Some trade exclusively in a post-ironic blase attitude. "

" 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. "

" I sadly never got to my prom. I was shooting 'The Outsiders.' "

" I'm a registered Independent. "

" I signed up for 'Brothers & Sisters' because I think it's a really great show. I like my character, and I'm really interested in what he has to do every day - and this cast is so spectacular. I really wanted to work with this particular group of people. "

" I don't know what drives me. "

" I loved fun. I spent my whole life in search of fun. I have not given up that part of myself. "

" I always like stories where the egg ends up on my face. "

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" I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, 'Don't do what you can do. Do what only you can do.' First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play. "

" We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success. "

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" Guys are really lucky. We become our authentic selves the older we get. "