It’s perfect. It’s exactly what I’d want. I get to work with her. I get to be the father of her child, but I’m also an idiot. I just want to be a character. I don’t want to go in there and be like a straight man, romantic guy. I want to be a dummy.
Are there any TV shows that you two have to watch together?
“Real Time with Bill Maher.” We always watch Bill Maher together. That’s hard because it’s topical and I lose interest if we get to another news cycle and we haven’t seen it yet. … I love the show. I think it’s one of the more honest conversations. First of all, it’s funny, it’s entertaining, but also I think because of the air of humor and also you can be off-color and can cuss, you get at a greater truth.
What about any reality TV like ‘The Bachelor’?
We did do a few seasons of ‘The Bachelor’ and liked it. We had our fun with it. I get it on one hand, and on the other hand, they bleach it of all humanity which is weird. I’m not saying they find the most interesting people but they’re going in a helicopter to the top of a mountain, I’m sure something was said that’s funny, you know? Or some interesting observation. Or something about the backstory of somebody’s life. They really whittle it down. It’s still a big hit so if it’s not broke don’t fix it, but I do feel like, you must work so hard to scrub it of any of the personality that’s probably there.
Are you comfortable watching your work?
Yeah, but I’d find it so depressing if you asked me to put my best three scenes on something. I’d go, ‘I can’t believe this is the best I’ve done.’ But, I can definitely watch myself. … To me, acting on screen in so piecemeal. You do it out of order, you do a line here, a look here. I’m so curious about the final product. I’m into the script. I’ve watched the director’s other movies. What music’s gonna be in it? I want to see it. I very much love (when) the whole things come together and there’s the premiere, let’s go watch and see what we all made collectively.