“I always thought I wrote good bridges. I was a bit more impressed with the bridges I wrote than maybe the songs I wrote.” SongBitsBridgesImpressed Author:Rick Nielsen
“Every person I've ever met always thinks their parents are weird.” ThinkingPersonsParentMets Author:Rick Nielsen
“When you're growing up you need your parents, but you don't want to be associated with them because you're trying to have your own life.” WantNeedsTryingParentGrowing UpGrowing Author:Rick Nielsen
“The worst thing your parents can do is try to emulate you.” TryingParentCan DoWorstWorst ThingsEmulate Author:Rick Nielsen
“I'm in a band. I have the basic idea, but when you surround yourself with really good players, why would I tell anyone what to play, because they're that good. They don't tell me what to play. They might encourage me, so that's what I do. I encourage them.” IdeasPlayMightPlayerBandSurroundSurround Yourself Author:Rick Nielsen
“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.” PeopleBeautifulFacesInterestingVenice Author:Will Arnett
“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.” PeopleKnowsWayPlayCertainCommonBehaveImperfectThreadCommon Threads Author:Will Arnett
“If you have a character that doesn't have anything wrong with him, there's nothing funny about it.” IfsCharacter Author:Will Arnett
“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.” MenHumansMeanImportantIdeasPlayCharacterCoursesFunBornHuman BeingsBoringBoresJason Author:Will Arnett
“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.” MenCharacterUseJobsDifficultComedyOur LivesDramaJokesHarderBrilliantObscureFlawedJason Author:Will Arnett