There's something about Alan Arkin. Even when he's doing nothing, he makes me laugh. I've always had that reaction to him: he's got a weary world-view that makes him perfectly cast.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When someone can, on a worldwide level, make someone laugh, that's power. A lot my heroes - Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, the Wayans, Adam Sandler - they get it. And I've always felt that Andy Samberg is the future of comedy.
There is always something funny going on between scenes with Adam Sandler. He's always cracking jokes and yelling at people for no reason. It's pretty funny. He'll joke around during scenes, too. When he guest-starred on 'Jessie,' there was nothing in the script that he said first take.
I heard David Sedaris read live recently which was a complete delight. Few writers make me laugh out loud on the bus. He does.
It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny.
I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while.
The one thing that disturbs me about Alec is that people don't realize that he's really funny.
Jonathan Franzen seems like the grumpiest guy, and he doesn't seem to like much of anything, so I really don't care what he has to say.
I look forward to working with Ken Olin, whose work as an actor and director I have always admired.
When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy.
Adam Sandler is truly brilliant. He plays these goofy characters, but he is a brilliant fellow.