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" I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake. "

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" They love 3-D. It's fun to watch a movie in 3-D with your children or with a group of children because you see the kids in front of you from time to time reaching up. You see little hands reaching up to grab things that they think are right there. I think it's remarkable and it does obviously, literally, add another dimension to the movie. "

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" I don't feel that I have to control every aspect of things that I appear in. You learn a lot performing someone else's writing. "

" Oh, I so don't care about the podium at the Oscars. I've stood at the podium at the Oscars and that's close enough. To be a presenter is as close as I need to be. "

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