It's Incredible How Big A Part Of

I'm Working On A Script Right About Civil War Re-enactors Who Go Back In Time To The Actual Civil War. It's Kind Of A Big, Crazy Back To The Future Comedy. So, Of Course, It's The Civil War - I Play The Banjo. I Was Just Having A Conversation With One Of The Producers About Some Of The Material And He Was Like, 'you Know, We Have To Work In A Scene Where You Play The Banjo. And I Was Like I'll Get Behind That.

I Was Just Fooling Around With The Piano And Todd [phillips] Was Like, 'hey There's A Great Spot In The Movie [the Hangover] Where We Need A Little Bit Of A Breath In The Narrative. You Should Write A Song And Stick It In There.' And I Was Like, 'well, What Should The Song Be About?' And He Said, 'the Tiger.' 'oh, Okay.' So I Went Off And I Wrote This Song. I Came Back And Todd And I Tinkered With It A Little More And Then We Shot It Right Then. It All Happened In A Day.

I Worked As An Assistant Editor, Actually, For A Few Years. That Was Right When I Was Just Starting To Get Out At Night And Do A Lot Of Stand-up, Improv, And Sketch Work In New York. It Really Is Invaluable. I Think It Pounded Into Me An Awareness Of What An Editor Wants And Needs, In Terms Of Clarity Of A Moment, Where And When To Start And Stop A Line.

It's Incredible How Big A Part Of My Acting Career Music Has Become. I Get Asked About It All The Time, And I Love It. It's One Of My Favorite Things, And I'm So Glad That I Get To Sort Of Work That In.

A Lot Of Kind Of Like The Way That Andy [bernard] Talks, You Know, The Writers Pick Up On Those Things - Little Moments That I Inject And Then They Start To Write It In Later. It's Hard To Say If A Whole Storyline Is Spun Out Of An Improv. I Feel Like It Has Happened On The Office, I Just Can't Think Of It.