You can channel a lot within a comic framework, and I think 'The Guard' had a lot going on outside of the comedy, which is satisfying.
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It seems like they make every comic book into a film. 'Watchmen' is my favorite of all time.
Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
There's so many good comic actors that you just take the best of and try and run with it yourself. Try and bring a little bit of yourself to it, too.
What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer.
I think on 'Third Watch' that I was the comic relief on a lot of that. I mean, I definitely had dark moments, but people tended to think he was funny even if the character himself wasn't having a fun time.
Great Canadian comics are often outsiders and insiders at the same time. That's a great perspective for a comedian.
There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for comedy's sake - it's informed by something else. I like stuff like that.
There are great comic books, these great geniuses that manage to tell you a story in one frame, and that became the thing that opened my eyes.
A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.
You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.