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There are good characters and bad characters.

I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character.

I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.

Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty.

I'm just trying to create characters and tell stories.

With any character I play, I gravitate to the juxtaposition and humor.

There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.

I always liked strange characters.

With comedy, don't try to be funny. That's really helped me. Just say the lines as you would say them, interact with other characters, and try to make it as real as possible. It will come out funny.