I'm sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.

That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.

According to the latest numbers available from our Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Criminal Uniform Crime Reports, Minneapolis arrests roughly 1,500 people each year for marijuana offenses alone—and a big majority for simple possession. That's about four people every day in Minneapolis who get arrested for a substance that is far less harmful than alcohol and many over-the-counter drugs. As if this isn't enough, Minneapolis leads the nation in the greatest disparities in black and white marijuana possession arrest rates.

I became fascinated by the Ave Maria.

Nick is a tobacco lobbyist who loves his job and doesn't apologize for it, which [as a role] is exciting and fun because it's politically incorrect and titillating — you get great jokes out of it,

He came prepared to play. He fulfilled the author's intention. It's his movie. He's the man in it.