Attention to detail - Sherlock certainly has that, and my memory is pretty good - but not as good as his.

If people know too much about you, I think you become a little less interesting as an actor - your job is to fool people.

I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that.

If you're serious about what you're doing, you've got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won't reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back.

The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune.

I think I write funny songs that make people kind of, like, stop what they're doing and be like, 'What did you say?' And then it makes them laugh a little bit.

I think, a lot of times when you do a comedy show, people will turn out for a name they know. So, they get excited when they see Patton Oswalt is going to be on the show, but they kind of cross their arms until Patton Oswalt shows up.

When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.