I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they’d want me to be in them.
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I would say the biggest difference is that you’re just in a studio by yourself when you’re making an animated movie. You don’t have anybody to play off of.
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Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
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My kids, they’re always embarrassed when my voice shows up in something.
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I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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I have nothing, I have no props.’ And that was Andy Samberg. And Andy Samberg said he was looking at me going, ‘Oh, that guy has no props. He doesn’t need props.’ And that was the first time we met, was in that elevator.
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Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you’re with somebody.
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No one knows anything. You’re going to make mistakes and you’re going to do things that people think are stupid. You can’t sit there and go, “I never want to make a mistake.”
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Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
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A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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I’m not a fan of the Eagles, but I’ve watched their documentary numerous times and everyone who’s watched it with me has sung along to the songs, much to my dismay.
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When I got to Saturday Night Live, it was a lot like going from pre-school to Harvard, and it took a long time to figure stuff out.
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If a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
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Growing up in Oklahoma, there wasn’t much to do. Play sports, do a lot of drugs, or read and watch movies, which is what I did.
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Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M’s
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