I learned the word non-conformist in fourth grade and immediately announced that I would grow up to become one.
I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.
You know, it’s hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.
I am a saxophone player.
Before people figured out I was funny, I got cast quite a bit as either a rapist or serial killer or the guy who catches those people.
I grew up among farmers in Illinois and so you always have to have the tools you might need in the eventuality of a flat tire or a broken window.
I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.
My uncles, who are farmers in Minooka, Illinois – I grew up with them and their pickup trucks and mustaches, and to me that was masculinity: big hairy sweaty guys who could pick up a bus.
I’ve had to learn and discipline myself that I’m much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It’s just that simple.
No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do.
Damn it all, you have been given a life on this beautiful planet! Get off your ass and do something!
I really bridled when Parks And Rec became popular and woodworking publications wanted me to do stuff with them.
The world is split into two halves: the bacon, and the bacon eaters.
Shut your damn mouth.
I’ve split my life between a few different disciplines.
When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.
I have a corn creamer that I love. It extracts pulp and juice from kernels, and I simmer that down into a creamed corn that has an almost mashed potato-like consistency. I add butter and hit it with chopped fresh chives at the end for an accent of color.
If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza. I love a slice when I’m in NYC, but it’s like eating a Slim Jim compared with a filet mignon. One slice of Gino’s East stuffed sausage pizza is a bigger meal than an entire New York pie.
You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at the Starbucks and wait for your agent to call you, or you can go learn how to build a Shaker blanket chest with hand-cut dovetails.
I worked a lot in Chicago’s theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat and also in Kabuki dance and Kabuki theater.