I think we have like a very solid fan base and in that fan base, I'm probably pigeonholed as Schmidt, but I don't think it translates so completely. Whereas we get 2 million people, probably after TiVo or DVR it bumps up to 5 or 6. So, when, like, Roseanne was on and you had to watch it live, 50 million people would tune into to see an episode. I promise you that's not going to happen.ĭo you worry at all about getting pigeonholed into the Schmidt “type”? People just watch shows differently. If the worst thing that happens is a bunch of people want to take pictures, great.Īre you wary of getting to a point where you can't go out? No. What’s the one thing you miss about the time when you were an actor no one recognized? Nothing. Style-wise, we've gone in very different directions. So what of Max is in Schmidt? I think a lot of the neuroses. Who on the show is most like their character? I think we all have a little bit of the character in there. We'll complain about each other until the day the show ends, and then a month after we'll be like, “God, I miss that asshole.” That warms my heart to hear that is genuine, because it comes across in the show. I think if you were gonna do it, probably Jake and I are the closest thing to a married couple. I don't know how many more years I can do it. So does the onscreen marriage with Cece every carry over offscreen? Are you like an old married couple because you’ve been doing this together for so long? We're all like a married couple. And once you're kind of able to put that aside, and, I don't know, sort of let life happen, it's a lot more fun that way and a lot less stressful. And how you wanna lead it, and how little of it has to do with you and your needs or wants at all. So what changes in your 30s? Is it that you know the answers to those questions, or that you know you don’t know? I think you have a much clearer idea, especially being a parent, you get a much more distinct picture of what life is. As frustrating as that time was for me-and it was very frustrating-I would not change a thing. So yeah, I think having some success later on, maybe in your 30s, is maybe the right move. Like, when you're not famous you can freak out privately and nobody gives a shit. So I think that's why you see a lot of those actors or actresses who are in their 20s, or maybe like in their late teens, these fucking meltdowns, you're like, “Yeah, they're just normal people doing what normal people do but on such an elevated level and every mistake is intensified to such a degree.” So they freak the fuck out. Success doesn't answer any of those questions. 'Cause you're still dealing with all of those things. But probably Jake and I are the closest thing to a married couple."Īnd I feel like if you were successful during that period of time, you might really freak out. I'm sure they thought, “How many years is he going to waste before he decides, ‘Oh, this is not going to work,’ and then what does he do?” It's a scary thing. It wasn't like I was dropping out like, “I'm not sure.” I was like, “I'm gonna try to be an actor.” I think they just, statistically, were like, the odds of that happening are very slim. What'd your parents say when you dropped out? So pissed. So mad. I might as well do what I really want to do.” I had sort of dropped out of college, and I thought, “Well, I have no other options. And I had nothing else to do at that point. and it felt much more tangible out there. So I mean, I acted a little bit in high school but the idea of doing it professionally was just never really an option. I just felt like actors-I watched a lot of SNL, and those guys just seemed like they were superheroes, that that wasn't a reality for anyone, other than people with superhuman strength. Have they ever called you and been like, "What were you doing in that episode?" They're so shocked that I have a job and I'm employed, they don't care what I'm doing.ĭid you act in high school, or while growing up? A little bit, yeah. Knock on wood that nothing will ever come up that's too bad. Well, luckily I'm so unbelievably boring. Is the show appointment viewing for your parents? Oh yeah, they'll watch anything. It's just scheduling, moving around, being mobile. It's got to be easier the second time around, though, right? No, no. You don't know how you're going to react to having a child and then you're like, “I wonder if I'll be into this.” And I couldn't be any more. What's one thing you didn't realize you were into until you had a daughter? Having a daughter.
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