For me, if I'm going to do a play, I prefer to do something with language that I don't get to speak on TV.

I do things on TV that are kitchen-sink realism, which is great, but I like the challenge of a completely new language and dramatic environment.

Most people know me from 'The Office,' where I played a guy who grunted out three or four words an episode and was kind of a knucklehead, and so I think it's surprising for people to see me do something like this. But Shakespeare is what I grew up wanting to do.

'Hamlet' is the most famous play in the world for a reason. The journey you go on is incredible.

I do theater as much as possible, but it's very difficult to manage for me.

I've done, like, eight pilots, and every time, everyone thinks it's going to go for 10 years.