“Toxic masculinity, that may be a little harsh as a term?

But certainly we’re questioning whatismasculinity,” he muses.

But it’s also very limiting, because it doesn’t embrace the whole human being."

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And while he admits to having no special affinity for space movies (“Um no, not specifically.

“Powers that can bend time, and gravitational forces that could crush a planet.

But he understood it completely, this character who lives so much in his own head.”

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“[And] I’m really proud of what we’ve been able to contribute to the zeitgeist…. “Oh, man.

“I mean, you never know, and it’s really nice when your number comes up.

“Could I see it?

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Absolutely,” he says.

“What I love about TV is that you get to spend more time with the characters.

I’m especially drawn to the comedies that are able to do that.

We’ll see where it all lands, but that’s certainly of interest.”

“I was just saying that it’s really a younger man’s game,” he insists.

“Not that there aren’t still parts and interesting things to do.

one last, longah-huh-huh-huh “It’s not a claim of retirement.”