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Every man plays many roles. So far, I have played father the best.

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. He's the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that.

I've auditioned for pretty much every one of my father's movies.

I've been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy.

I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.

It takes an entire book to tell you what it was like. To see Robert De Niro play your father - it's not a simple answer. To see Julianne Moore play your mother. To see Paul Dano play you - that's an even more inscrutable question... he's amazing, he's totally amazing, but I can't really say if he's a good me or not.

I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny.

I don't get to play the same role over and over in different movies. The roles that I get to play are quite varied, which is great.

My dad is a much more flamboyant character than I am. I think that's why I couldn't see myself going into straight acting. I always just felt daft.

Our public portrayal of fathers has shifted during my life. TV fathers have 'evolved' from real people like Sheriff Andy Taylor, Beaver's dad Ward Cleaver and Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable, to cartoon dads like Homer Simpson and Seth MacFarlane's caricatures in 'American Dad!' and 'Family Guy.'