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. — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
My father passed away before he saw me perform. I can't help but wonder what he would think of all this. I go to a job in full makeup. — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
The truth is I've just never had any kind of plan at all for my career, which is probably not a very flattering thing… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
My favourite game is wiffle ball, a fake version of baseball with a plastic ball and bat that's really for kids. — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
And I watch 'Saturday Night Live' religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
The world can make an actor feel overly important. What I do isn't hard work. It's not ditch digging - which I have done,… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
A lot of modern comedies are difficult to watch too, because they're so ironic and so detached and so quote-unquote clever. They kind of… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
There's no private side to acting, which some people find hard. I've drawn inspiration from athletes. They manage to be themselves under the pressure… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
You know, I used to think I was a foodie, and then my wife went to culinary school and basically explained to me that… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
My younger brother and I have been writing together, mainly for fun, for years, but we've been improvising together since we were kids. Literally. — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
It's kind of a crazy thing with kid actors because a lot of them get hired without people really knowing if they're good or… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
I don't believe, in a show like ours, that you really want to see character growth. That's just my opinion. Maybe to a small… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
I think there are pluses and minuses to being simpleminded. The minus is not having any sort of vision for the future. But on… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
I think once I fail enough as a dad, I'll be looking for help wherever I can get it. I just need enough time… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
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… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
