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" 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. "

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" I think that I identify with my role in pretty much everything I have tried to do. I try to find something that I can understand about each character's behavior. "

" Tea has always been a big thing in my life. And I'm not talking about Liptons with lemon or iced tea, or any of that nonsense. Has to be hot PG Tips with milk. "

" There are many great writers out there and, actually, great scripts. The problem is - and this is what I've always felt, even when I got out of school and started reading scripts - the really smart, character-driven stuff tends to be smaller films, and they just don't get made. "

" Sometimes I think I'm funny. But then sometimes I see myself, and I think, 'There's somebody trying to be funny.' "

" I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife. "

" I was never much into knights and sorcery and that kind of thing. It's not because I was into anything cooler. I certainly wasn't. I played with LEGOs. I played with LEGOs way past when most people played with LEGOs. "

" Humor is the most important thing in life. It trumps everything else, and it's the only thing that helps me deal with everything else. "

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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.' "

" I used to ask my mom to try and shave my head on the sides to give me a receding hairline because Adam Ant had one. "

" In eighth grade, I wore a tie to school every day. I didn't own jeans. But it wasn't a granola thing, it was really more of an INXS thing. "

" I am so appreciative I have been able to continue not only doing something I love, but working on movies I've loved. "

" I love attempting to play real people. I like to try and have dramatic moments as well as comedic moments, and my favorite thing is when those two lines are blurred. "

" My wife is very stealth-funny. She'll come out with something when I'm not expecting it, and it'll just kill me. "

" I'd like to do something dramatic or a different kind of role, but I tend not to separate comedy and drama all that much. "

" When I was in my early twenties, I used to grow all sorts of very weird beards. All of them awful in retrospect. I had Civil War beards for a while, then Mennonite beards. "

" I went to college and studied theater; I went to a theater conservatory. I live in New York because I wanted to do plays and still do plays. "

" I know a lot about the Titanic. My dad was a Titanic expert. "

" I'm, uh, not proud to say it - I play fantasy baseball. It's, like, the dorkiest thing ever. "

" I've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.' "

" I always try and hold to that saying, 'I want to work on things I'd want to see.' The vast majority, that's been true. "

" My parents raised me to treat people the way you would want to be treated and to be polite. Sometimes, when I get nervous or insecure, I might overcompensate and might not be totally true to what I am feeling inside. But I get nervous and maybe too smiley and polite. "

" 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. "

" Alex Smith is - I think he is a winner, and he's a smart quarterback, and I'm a fan of his. "

" I would say, up until 'Anchorman,' I wasn't any kind of household name or anything, but I wasn't necessarily identified as much with being a comedian. "

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" Whatever I'm working on, the character I'm playing tends to slowly bleed into my own real life. Not in any kind of creepy, Method actor-y kind of way - it's just an innate kind of merging. "

" I think Ellen DeGeneres is just hysterical. "

" I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. "

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