Michael McKean

“I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it.”

“After I left 'Laverne & Shirley,' I got a ton of offers to play the goofy guy next door, and there were a couple of series that I was offered that turned out to be successful series, but it was too close to what I'd done on my series, and I was really glad I didn't take it.”

“Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities.”

“'Clue' was a big flop when it came out, but it became a... It's a movie that almost everyone references with me, now, when I run into people.”

“The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.”

“I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.”

“To direct a sequel to somebody else's work is not interesting to me.”

“I pray to the shrine of 'Mr. Show.' It saved sketch comedy.”

“I think 'The X-Files' was a very important moment in TV history.”

“I'm not a big oyster eater. But I know people who will sit at a raw bar and eat oyster for two hours.”

“I don't eat steak often, maybe once a month. But when I do, it really hits the spot. When you're done with your steak and your mashed potatoes and your green beans, you really know you've had dinner.”

“I think a villain who starts his morning looking in the mirror, wringing his hands, and going, 'How can I be evil today?' is not an interesting villain. An interesting villain is a person who you understand on some level, I think.”

“There's more than one way to do TV just like there's more than one way to do widescreen movies.”

“Catherine O'Hara's one of the most amazing, wonderful actresses, but she's an amazing improviser. She really is.”

“It's nice to take the gloves off, to really examine your character's desires and goals.”

“I watch my wife knitting, and it's like watching close-up magic to me.”

“They were kind of like little Stephen King stories... but these go back many hundreds of years.”