So that was cool and that’s as far as it went with him, but when he left, things changed and they definitely had a different feeling, the next administration, the president said to my face, ‘Don’t make fun of the Kardashians. We don’t want you to make fun of the Kardashians anymore.’ So I was like, ‘oh this show is doomed,’ because that’s why the show worked, because we would make fun of ourselves. It’s like when Letterman made fun of GE in the’80s. You have to bite the hand that feeds you.

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If you have a dream, just lie about it. Lie your way unto your dreams.

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dream lying way

Joel McHale is so money, he should be printed on money.

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printed should

I used humor as survival, as a weapon and as comfort.

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survival weapons comfort

Our mantra is that 90 percent of all television is bad, and ten percent has never been better. We make fun of that 90 percent.

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fun

Without a doubt, Robert Rodriguez is the reason I was drawn to it. The fact that he even knew who I was and then was interested in me for the role was amazing. I am a huge fan of his and it's like a bucket list thing for me to be able to work with him and knowing that Jessica Alba and Jeremy Piven were in it I knew that part was going to be good and as you said, the pedigree of the series was great, so it was really one of those things I couldn't resist.

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roles knowing doubt

I think we are as screwed as a culture as we are saved as a culture.

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saved culture thinking

I knew I wanted to be an actor. I just kept saying, "Until somebody tells me to stop, until I have to go get a real job, and until I'm practically homeless, I'm not gonna get one."

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actors real jobs

I would like eternal life. I would like to have the power to choose who lives and dies.

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eternal-life

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame.

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careers goal sake

Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity are the Mount Rushmore of keeping old people angry.

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mount-rushmore bills people

Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.

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bigs hard-work secret

I've always been very opinionated, for lack of a better term, about art. Not to sound too arrogant, but I guess I'm a connoisseur of telling people what I think is good and bad.

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people art thinking

It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.

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careers work people

I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy.

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football boys thinking

I loved New Jersey. I thought it was the greatest place in the world because on Halloween kids could start trick or treating right after school. Isn't that great?

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halloween kids school

When I initially met with Robert I was just so excited to meet the guy. I was able to go to Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas and just hanging out was fantastic. Working on this took up all of my weekends while I was shooting Community. It was crazy, but again, no regrets.

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weekend regret crazy

In prison, inmates sometimes use Cheetos and grape juice as makeup. I wouldn't use that beauty regimen around Britney Spears - she might lick your face off!

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juice makeup use

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.

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auditions nails talent

Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair glam comedy.

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Before Community started up again for the season, we had the chance to go on a long family vacation where we drove for ten days down the coast. I was like wow, look at these people that I am related to and am actually spending some quality time with! So it was great to be with them, but now my schedule is really difficult so I have to take what I can get.

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