Patton Oswalt

So I, because I'd watched so many movies and see so many movies would follow the same rhythm and the ones that didn't and the ones that went other places made me so,

happy that i would remember those moments and then try to put those moments into my writing into my comedy now i do comic books and a lot of those are about because i read a lot of comic books and there's a lot of superhero comics that look at part i'm like show the parts that you're not showing that would be so much more fascinating how does this person like live with these powers and what would that be like so i always want what is going on in the margins or what is

happy that i would remember those moments and then try to put those moments into my writing into my comedy now i do comic books and a lot of those are about because i read a lot of comic books and there's a lot of superhero comics that look at part i'm like show the parts that you're not showing that would be so much more fascinating how does this person like live with these powers and what would that be like so i always want what is going on in the margins or what is

How does real life actually... There's a great movie called The Matador. Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear and, oh my God, Hope. She was in Ghost World. I'm blanking on her name. This is so embarrassing.

How does real life actually... There's a great movie called The Matador. Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear and, oh my God, Hope. She was in Ghost World. I'm blanking on her name. This is so embarrassing.

Yeah, with age.

Yeah, with age.

This was also said, 20 minutes from now, I will come up with her name. Well, you'll do it during this.

This was also said, 20 minutes from now, I will come up with her name. Well, you'll do it during this.

I want to come up with it. Anyway.

I want to come up with it. Anyway.

There's a great moment where the first half of the film, Greg Kinnear's on vacation. He meets Pierce Brosnan, who's a hitman, who's kind of like losing his mind and on his last job. And then they hang out together and Pierce Brosnan... kind of takes him on a hit, doesn't kill somebody with him, but shows him, here's how you would kill somebody. And literally walks him through this sequence.

There's a great moment where the first half of the film, Greg Kinnear's on vacation. He meets Pierce Brosnan, who's a hitman, who's kind of like losing his mind and on his last job. And then they hang out together and Pierce Brosnan... kind of takes him on a hit, doesn't kill somebody with him, but shows him, here's how you would kill somebody. And literally walks him through this sequence.

It's so well done. And that's the first half. And then Greg Kinnear goes back to his suburban life in like Ohio somewhere. And then Pierce Brosnan is in some kind of trouble. He either botches a job or something. I forget what that part of it. And he goes and finds Greg Kinnear to go hide out with him. And...

It's so well done. And that's the first half. And then Greg Kinnear goes back to his suburban life in like Ohio somewhere. And then Pierce Brosnan is in some kind of trouble. He either botches a job or something. I forget what that part of it. And he goes and finds Greg Kinnear to go hide out with him. And...

comes in the house and Greg Kinnear's like, oh, this is the guy that I was telling you about. And you see Pierce Bros' character like, I better think of some, like, you can see him almost about to go, I am a carpet salesman, you know? And then Hope goes, oh, this is the hit man you hung out with. And like a lesser movie would make it like, yeah, he's a carpet.

comes in the house and Greg Kinnear's like, oh, this is the guy that I was telling you about. And you see Pierce Bros' character like, I better think of some, like, you can see him almost about to go, I am a carpet salesman, you know? And then Hope goes, oh, this is the hit man you hung out with. And like a lesser movie would make it like, yeah, he's a carpet.

And then they got to do all this bullshit. No, you would go home and go, I was in Mexico on this business trip. And this guy, he was a hit man. And he showed me how to, I didn't kill anybody. But he like, that's what he does. It was really weird. And you would just go back to your life. And like, no, obviously, neither of you are going to report it. I don't want to be killed.

And then they got to do all this bullshit. No, you would go home and go, I was in Mexico on this business trip. And this guy, he was a hit man. And he showed me how to, I didn't kill anybody. But he like, that's what he does. It was really weird. And you would just go back to your life. And like, no, obviously, neither of you are going to report it. I don't want to be killed.

But it was just a weird thing. And then she goes, oh, yeah, that's that hit man you were with. And then the movie proceeds from there. it goes in such a totally different direction. And it just made me so happy. Like moments like that, where you're like, oh, or there's an issue of Animal Man where a villain comes to Animal Man's house and he's wrecking the place.