Patrick Warburton

Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.

So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.

I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.