I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking about it. I was too in my head when I was on stage.
My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.
I remember I could do - I did Bart Simpson once on the bus. I did, like, a really good Bart Simpson voice on the bus, obviously before I hit puberty. And everybody went, 'Whoa, that sounds just like Bart Simpson.'
Voices are a good way to get in and out of things. James Carville constantly calls my wife to say I'll be home late. Mandy Patinkin and Al Pacino call to get me restaurant reservations.
David Sedaris is so good that it makes me mad.
Good directors give short and specific instructions to their actors.
There's a movie called 'Pod People' that has a weird little anteater alien. That was a good alien.
You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.
I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. I think they were like, 'Downton Abbey?' What?' And I kinda made a big plea in the writer's room, like, 'Guys, you should really watch it. It's good. It's addicting. My wife and I are obsessed with it.'
I really liked John Candy in 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles.' He was so good in that movie.