If People Want To See Me In

Most Boys' First Hero Is Their Father. That Was Definitely True Of My Dad. He Was A Proud Irish American And He Taught Me A Lot About Ethics And Responsibility. He Also Introduced Me To A Lot Of Wonderful Folk Music.

The Kind Of über-objective Is To Make People Laugh. You Always Have To Have That In The Back Of Your Mind, "eh, I've Got To Figure Out A Way To Make This Funny."

If I'm Committed To Something Really Stupid, Then I'm In A Comedy.

I Just Like Surprising People. I Never Want To Get To A Place Where People See That I Am In A Movie And They Go See The Movie And They Expect A Certain Performance One Way Or The Other. That Is Just Inherently Boring To Me.

I Was Thinking Maybe About Being A Lawyer. I Realized I Was Interested In Becoming A Priest At One Point. I Was Just Interested In Stuff Where I Could Do Something I Really Believed In. And Then, I Realized If I Become An Actor, I Don't Have To Choose. I Get To Do Everything. It's Worked Out So Far. But What I Really Want To Do Is Direct.