You know those award shows. The cliche is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true. Whoever wins it in the end, I don't know, sometimes it feels arbitrary. Sometimes it feels like it's deserving.
I guess for me the greatest injustice is to see people robbed of that interiority and process of association.
Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape.
In gay culture hookups are a way of escaping your class.
I was hedging my bets by the time I got to college. I was interested in drama and journalism and psychology.
Even trying it as an actor, I never thought I'd actually make it.
I put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself. I felt like I shouldn't have to audition for anything and all that. And that energy did not serve me at all.
I guess I'm used to seeing actors, but rock musicians still hold a special magic for me.
I've met a lot of rock stars when they come to The Simpsons, and almost every one of them I get really freaked out.
That's a true actor's nightmare: "Improvise in British sign language. Go."
Politics is topical - it's what's happening now, and we can either respond in the present or avoid it.
You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really do.
I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
I had kind of sworn off network TV a while ago.
I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, 'Well, I really want to try acting while I'm young, and I don't ever want to look back and say that I never gave it a try.' I fully figured I'd be back in grad school - probably for psychology.
I bartended for a catering company for two or three years...
A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two and go, 'Let me try a bunch of things I was thinking of, as you were doing that.'
In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two.
I've been divorced and I had to get back out there be single again and do some of that in the genuinely miserable state where you really do wonder what the hell is going on. And you feel like trying to have casual conversation with someone you don't know on the surface of the moon or something.
The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend.
I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 16 and completely lost all my concentration for academics.
Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much.
When you're on a series that's been cancelled, there's a little bit of a stink on you.
