Quotes from Ty Burrell

I'm glad I had to wait until my 40s for success. I was not a mature young man and would probably have gone off the rails.

My dad was a fiercely funny guy, and he and his brother would get on runs. So my younger brother and I were basically mimicking them when we started goofing off.

I was a bouncer for, like, three months in Boston until everybody figured out that I should never be a bouncer. I'm so soft. I just have no aggression in me.

My wife has taught me about unconditional love. When there's a conflict, there's never a thought that we won't work it out.

After my father passed away in 1989, I fell pretty hard for theater as an undergraduate at the University of Oregon. Before he died, he planted the seed that maybe I should look into performing.

I'm an obsessive sports fan, which my wife is incredibly patient about.

I'm not saying this just to be self-deprecating, but I have always taken delight in playing people who are oblivious, because I do think I have giant, giant blind spots. It's a very comfortable place to be.

I am very lucky that I came from a stable home, but I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life until acting sorted of landed in my lap when I was in my 20s. Acting, to me, was a bit like the ladder I used to climb out of feeling lost.

When you get on a comedy show, people assume you're a comedian. I'd say I'm more of a comedy nerd.

I spent most of my formative years in rural Oregon.

I just like comedy in general. My film work, which has been at times more dramatic, has been satisfying. But I never feel quite as good and as light and blissful as when I'm doing comedy.

There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point.

And I watch 'Saturday Night Live' religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.

My wife handles all of our technology. So if something goes wrong with the computer, I throw up my arms and step aside while the IT gal figures it out.

There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point.