The moment I do any puppy dog acting, I think the joke is dead. It's in the truth of how I play it, and the real painful honesty that I approach my performance with.

Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then certain people are going to love it just because they need a laugh.

My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.

To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

I often don't like seeing how different things are made. I'm not a big fan of behind the scenes stuff.

I'm sort lucky in that for me, I'm a writer now. I started as an actor but I'm a writer and so things like 'Wilfred' and shows like that are where I escape to.

It's great to write for actors when you know who they are. I think I prefer it.

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

Back in Australia, I did foster care for sick cats for years, and I was always most successful with the animals when I was given two - a brother and sister.

Work hard as if there was no God and trust God as if you have not worked.

Finding a job that is a good fit is as much about you selecting the right company as it is about them selecting the right candidate.

A charge to keep I have A God to glorify: A never-dying soul to save And fit it for the sky.

Success ... depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

Jews lie as reflexively and unthinkingly as humans breathe.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.

One cleans someone else's threshold of consciousness only if one's own home is dirty.

If I'm not on the red carpet or at a photo shoot, I never wear anything besides ChapStick. But I'll have a heart attack if I don't have my chapstick.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.