This time he stars as Matt, this ships agreeable yet aggressively apathetic head of customer relations.
Be nice is the only thing he believes in.
And then over the course of the movie, you see the limitations of that freewheeling life.
I wanted to be well-liked, and I felt oppressively aware of other peoples experience of me.
And I liked how f you he was.
Its a very aggressive delivery.
Hes literally screaminghes so smart and so funnyand hed say things that seemed completely impermissible.
And I still dont really know what it means.
And now I know.'
And then it got to me and I said, Im hungry.
And I remember it got the response it deserved.
And then I remember my Uncle Alan going, Okay, Hungry, but whats your real name?
I was probably five, six years old, I still remember the hot-faced humiliation of that stale joke.
Were going around the circle, Im ignoring everyone elses name because Im busy keying up this real zinger.
You were constantly trying to be funny and it was not working.
Like, withthatmany at-bats, how could he not eventually start to connect?
My unlikely comedic inspirationJohn Cazale.
Where do you want to go?
He goes, Wyoming.
He doesnt know its not a country, and its a whole biography in a single word.
Its so sad and sweet and funny.
I was like, Train.
Billy was so compassionate with me.
He gave a pity laugh and was like, But seriously, what was it?
People laughed and I went, No, Im serious.
Then people got quiet and I was like, No, I was joking.
How I was not immediately asked to leave remains a mystery.
Insisting on a debilitating condition as an icebreaker, I dont recommend to anyone.
I had multiple screenings for Marfan Syndrome when I was a kid.
Doctors kept being like, Lets just check this again.
I had such a weird sort of Abe Lincoln frame.
Abe Lincoln did have Marfan Syndrome, actually.
I think as Ive gotten older, my body has normalized.
My body would betray me in ways that were funny and not always in my control.
I getThis guy fs!a lot.
Its an insane thing to say to somebody that you havent met, even if its a reference.
I just had to.
Its very sweet in a way.
But its such a strange thing.
surrounded by children who have just watched a Roald Dahl musical?
I was like, Goddamn it.
This is so funny.
Just dont ruin it!
Will Ferrell is almost predatorially funny; he can smell the blood in the water.
He would start to improvise and be so goddamn funny, Id feel myself start to lose it.
I remember shooting that show and being like, Oh, I see.
Its not a choice.
And I just fed up so many takes.
The co-star thatIloved to breakOnSilicon Valley, wed have these quiet two-person scenes scenes with Thomas Middleditch.
He cant put the snakes back in the peanut jar that fast.
For some reason thats funny in the context of the play.
That line always used to kill and now its not.
And I thought that was really interesting.
It was like: Just ask for the cup of coffee.
The best heckle Ive ever heard at one of my improv showsSomeone once yelled, No, thank you!
with no further context.
I think the courtesy of it was the thing that was most devastating.
you’ve got the option to write off someone with You fing suck!
and its like, Its just some dickhead.
He almost resented her for doing that; he was like, Tough it out!
It was the most painful thing.
Then he goes into the bathroom and he starts to sob.
I think that special is a work of art.
Its so complicated and beautiful, but it doesnt advertise itself as being an important comedy special.
The one topic not to be joked aboutFlatulence.
When people say, He who smelt it, dealt it, thats the epitome of victim blaming.
I want them to make that same horrible joke over my dead body.
