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" I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all. "

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" I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it. "

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" I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble. "

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" I was more used to acting onstage, for a long time. I don't know, maybe I was temperamentally more suited to stage stuff. And there are things about the stage that I miss in a lot of ways. "

" I was an English major at Yale, but I did do undergraduate theater there. And I went to the graduate school for acting. "

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" It's funny: most people who recognize me on the subway and stuff - it's much more they think of me as a funny guy. I get much more of people telling me how much I make them laugh, actually. Which is nice. "