The GQ&A: Patton Oswalt

GQ: This is a different brand of comedy than people may be accustomed to seeing you play. It comes from a much darker place.

Patton Oswalt: I didn't try to be comedic. I tried to play [this role] very, very straight and very sorta serious. If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh. The perfect example of that is the movie Repo Man—that is like a master class in how to deliver comedic lines perfectly, in that everyone says everything as if it's the most deadly serious thing in the world and it becomes so funny when you watch it.

The GQ&A: Patton Oswalt / BY DAN HYMAN / December 14, 2011