"But the cons are deeply profound, which is I love acting. I love it every day. I love writing and I love my career up to this point, and I came to the conclusion that, really, who am I to turn it down? This is an opportunity that doesn't come around again. This is never. ... It's come my way, ridiculously so. I mean, it's going to be a disaster, you understand. It's going to be awful. It's going to be like when you see a car crash on the other side of the freeway. You're going to want to watch it for a little bit and then go: 'Jheez, that was a mistake. I'm glad it wasn't me...'
It's interesting to talk about it as a life decision. I have a son who is 3 and my daughter is 21 days old, and here is an opportunity and a situation where someone has offered an opportunity to me to be a present dad and a husband -- is the truth -- where I will get to be around my children when they grow up and be around my wife. That's not always the case. You don't always have that luxury in this job. You can be off to New Zealand, or wherever the new tax break in the world is, to shoot something, and sometimes you have to do that.
But, ultimately, I thought, who am I to pass up this opportunity to be able to talk to America every night and maybe just try and make them smile or -- dare I say it -- laugh? Just before, or more likely, during the time when they fall asleep, and I will try my absolute best to provide something that is warm and fun, like our film is."