Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A role like I had on 'Parks and Rec,' to me, is very easy to understand, and that's something that I can do with my eyes closed.
Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh, and he makes me think.
Watching 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' is my guilty pleasure.
It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny.
I was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I think it's one of the biggest influences on the podcast, definitely. You'd never say Carl Reiner was the funniest dude on there, because he's just teeing it up, but he knows what questions to ask to lead to great improv.
It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
I'm not a big comedy show-watcher, but I love Ricky Gervais' stuff and Sacha Baron Cohen's things. But I'm not an expert on them. I've seen them once.
I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.
It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny.
The cool thing about Kyle Killen, he writes really defined characters. I was a big fan of 'Awake' and also 'Lone Star.' I just think that he's a really, really special writer, and complex and deep, and a really smart dude.