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" Throughout my teens, I just wanted to go somewhere I could wear a Donald Duck pin and no one would care. "

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" If you're not connected emotionally to a story, then you're dead. You're really just opening the door for people to lose interest and their minds to wander, for them to start picking it apart. "

" I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work. "

" With a suit, even if you're having a nervous breakdown, you still look like you're in charge. "

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" Forty is the line of demarcation that says you're an adult now. You're an adult, so don't pretend you're a kid anymore. "

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" Wearing a tuxedo isn't as simple as it sounds. I've been to a lot of award shows in Hollywood over the years and have seen some pretty sad tuxes. It's surprisingly easy to go off the rails. "

" Man up and add a tux to your wardrobe. Just find one you like and get it well-tailored to your own measurements. "

" Women comedy is different than men comedy. Guy comedy is very aggressive, it's about insulting each other, name-calling, and kind of busting each other's chops, and that's not what women's comedy is. "

" I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself. "

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" As far I'm concerned, being an adult is way more fun than being a kid. But then I was a kid who wanted to be an adult. I'd watch shows like 'Bewitched' and see Darren come home and mix a martini and I'd go, 'That looks awesome! I want to do that!' "

" Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward. "

" We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days. "

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" What's great about the geek spirit is that life never seems to stop us, and they never seem to kill our enthusiasm, our optimism and our hunger to experience the world. We keep our sense of humor, we protect our dignity, we talk to our friends about the experience and then we start again fresh the very next day. "

" The awards world can be ridiculous, but I'm not one to bash it. I love awards! When I've been nominated for Emmys and when I won my DGA Award, I couldn't have been happier. I always liked getting a gold star in class. "

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" I've never had to get a job as a waiter or anything. I've always been able to support myself in 'the biz.' Which is great. It's really fantastic to be able to say that, because I know it's hard to do. "

" God does things that fly completely in the face of what we've all been taught that He is supposed to do and every time He does this, we all just say, 'Oh, well, I guess there must be some good reason why He did that.' "