If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.
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.
I can't cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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.
Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M's
I remember getting in the elevator for my audition and there was a guy next to me who had a backpack full of props and wigs and things, and I went, 'Oh, my God, that guy is so prepared, 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.
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. "
My goal is to leave the producer with so many good takes, that he or she has a tough time deciding on the best one.
If you just go with the flow, no matter what weird things happen along the way, you always end up exactly where you belong.
Nothing is easier to avoid than publicity. If one genuinely doesn't want it, one doesn't get it.
Pain is a part of being alive, and we need to learn that. Pain does not last forever, nor is it necessarily unbeatable, and we need to be taught that.