People like to define you through what they’ve seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don’t sit around thinking, ‘I’ve been a bumbling suitor all my life.’
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I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people’s expectations of me as a comic actor.
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And I was like, “Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I’ll fill 120 hours of my life with something.” So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.
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It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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I think the most serious genre is the thing you’re going to get the most out of. If you’re trying to satirise a comedy, it’s hard to do that – it doesn’t really work as well. But I love the war movie genre and I’m a fan of all those movies that are part of what this movie is.
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When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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When I didn’t have a family, I was much more of a workaholic. I still like to work, but I also want to be home with them. As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?
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I don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
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When you have kids you want to be able to go to movies and take the family too, and actually all enjoy it together. I don’t think there are that many great, live action family movies that everybody can enjoy.
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I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
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It’s weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I’m expected to be humorous on talk shows.
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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God was showing off when he made you.
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I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer’s couch in New York, and he said, “I’ve got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?”
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