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" Tobe Hooper - he did my favorite horror movie, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre.' It's still one of my favorite horror films. "

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" I have great respect for the authorities. "

" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "

" My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches. "

" I guess the essence of my comedy is to get into a very abnormal situation but act like it's normal. "

" A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward. "

" The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange. "

" If I have to play an obnoxious character, try to find a redeeming feature of him. The most obnoxious people in the world were people, and they had had a reason for doing what they did. So you try to find that and let the obnoxiousness come out. "

" One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones. "

" My father passed away when I was 12, so it was very difficult. But I was always the class clown. I don't know why - maybe as an escape. But then I was sent away to military prep school. "

" I just love everything that Disney and Pixar do. Not only do they do beautiful films, but they have great messages for kids. "

" I think if you have a funny thought, and you want to get off a funny point, try to do it as realistically as you can. If you try to act it funny and accent the funny points, or do it in a funny style, you kind of lose it. "

" Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero. "

" I love working with Ty Burrell. "

" As an actor, and as you get to a certain level... and it's pilot season and you read the trades, you could have a nervous breakdown. 'So-and-so's signed for a pilot. Why aren't I?' "

" I love to draw, although I wish I was better at it. "

" I love sketch; it's my favorite form. But if it's all improv, they're either very good, and it's annoying how good they are, and it makes you feel bad, or they're not too good; then you're sweating for them. "

" God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely. "

" Comedy relieves you. A lot of times, we think we're the only people bothered by certain things. Then you hear a comic say, 'Don't you hate it when...' And it's, 'Oh, my God! Of course!' "

" I loved Bob Hope and the way he would turn to the camera and break the fourth wall. "

" Let me say this: I have said, any time, if it's Martin Mull, I will say yes. If it's Christopher Guest, I will say yes. "

" Comedy is harder, because if there's no laughs, it's pretty bad. But drama, if there's no reaction, you can say, 'Well, it's not their cup of tea. Maybe it's too heavy for the audience.' "

" People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.' "

" I always loved comedy growing up - Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye. "

" I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson. "

" All America is familiar with the Yankee-Dodger-Giant trivia, but so many other teams had great moments. "

" When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts. "

" I really enjoy working on 'Modern Family.' "

" It's not a bad typecast: the goofy guy. "

" I like to play the guy that has no self-awareness. "

" Getting those parts in the Christopher Guest movies was the second biggest helper to my career after 'Fernwood.' "