Will Arnett
You don't want to try to recreate something you've already done.
I'm a dad first and foremost, then it goes hockey and then work, in that order.
My definition of family is just unconditional love. The people who rely on you and who love you, they are there, too.
I say to my kids all the time - and this is absolutely true - I always say, 'Who's the boss?' and they go, 'You are.'
I pretty much choose anything I do in life based on whether or not I can work in my PJs. Certainly one of the perks of doing an animated film is that you don't have to go and get ready and wear wardrobe, and you just show up in whatever you're wearing.
The voice for 'Surly' is, of course, very close to my own voice, but it's informed a lot by this story, by the arc and the animation and working with the whole creative team on 'The Nut Job' in finding what really works.
Even if you make a mistake, you can go back and do the right thing.Collection: Mistake
I probably suffered from ADHD, but they weren't so quick to diagnose it back then. For PE, they'd drop you in the woods with a compass and a pack of matches. It gave you confidence that you could rely on yourself.Collection: Woods
You've got to rely on people that you trust and you love.Collection: People
Playing the assholes in the movie is fun.Collection: Fun
Everything's not black and white. We choose to make bad decisions or not. I wanted to explore that and shine a light on it. Chip is trying to be a better person and lead a better life. His methods are just super flawed.Collection: Black And White
The idea of the straight man is very important. But I'd rather it be somebody else, because it's not as fun. And when I say somebody else, of course I mean Jason Bateman. He's born to play boring characters because he's such a bore. He's one of the most boring human beings.Collection: Fun
If you have a character that doesn't have anything wrong with him, there's nothing funny about it.Collection: Character
I remember asking my dad, "Why didn't you ever move to the States? You probably could have made a lot more money." My dad said, "Because I have an obligation to give back." I always admired him for that.Collection: Dad
That's kind of the nature of the profession I'm in. It's frustrating. Things don't go your way, and I was no exception, in that I spent many years struggling to get work, and there are a lot of people more talented than myself who got jobs before me. And I finally, after years and years and years, got lucky.Collection: Jobs
I never really spent time being jealous. Maybe I should have.Collection: Jealous
You don't always have to run. Take good time to watch first, then decide.Collection: Running
When all of your friends are getting pregnant, you start thinking about it. But for Amy and I, show business is our baby.Collection: Baby
I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day. If it was socially acceptable I'd be the first one to have my kid in a full helmet and like a cage across his face mask.Collection: Fathers Day
When I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of success with that.Collection: Roles
It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be. Venice has a lot of that too, but the face of it is quite beautiful, interesting, and textured.Collection: Beautiful
I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day.Collection: Fathers Day
I don't want to make a show about AA because it's a personal experience for anybody who is a part of that. My relationship with it has changed over the years, and I wanted the show to reflect that in a real way.Collection: Real
Yeah, I don't think you can live anywhere else - it's such a great city [New York]. L.A. is kind of a necessary evil, but man, I love going back to New York.Collection: New York
Because we have this whole other human being we have to think about other than ourselves. We had the luxury before of being totally self-centered.Collection: Thinking
I am humbled by the nomination. I got to work with a cast and writers made up of geniuses. The good news is I can finally realize my life long dream and buy my wife a solid gold speed boat.Collection: Dream
I've always maintained that I don't think comedy should be reviewed. I think it's un-reviewable, because it is so subjective.Collection: Thinking
All jokes aside, it's a very difficult job playing the straight man. Jason is potentially the most brilliant straight man that ever was because he's also really funny while doing it, which is even harder. I've always seen myself playing characters who are flawed. We use comedy in our lives to obscure the drama.Collection: Jobs
I often get, 'Oh, you always play the asshole.' An asshole is somebody who knows that they're doing it, but continues to behave a certain way. The one sort of common thread to me has always been that these are imperfect people.Collection: Play
Theres a lot of lying and these are people who are incredibly flawed, and not in very sort of empathetic ways, either. Some of the things they do are pretty awful and some of the things they do to each other are pretty awful.Collection: Lying
When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And it's so laughable, especially with actors.Collection: Thinking
Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me, and once I sort of became, I guess what you'd say "available," there was a lot of opportunity out there, and it's been nice; a lot of people have found it in their hearts to offer me movie parts.Collection: Nice
Arrested Development was such an amazing experience in every way, and you know it was very unique in that it was a show that received a lot of critical acclaim, and yet we didn't ever achieve the ratings that we wanted.Collection: Unique