Zach Galifianakis Talks It's Kind of a Funny Story

In Toronto's Global & Mail newspaper, Zach Galifianakis is the latest Celebrity of the Day. In town for the world premiere of It's Kind of a Funny Story at the Toronto International Film Festival, he took time to sit down with the Global & Mail's Gayle McDonald to discuss the finer points of being "kind of funny."

In the quote below, he talks about his new movie, in which he shows a more measured and profound side of himself:

Galifianakis insists he’s a lot more serious - and way less goofy - than the types he plays on screen. And in It’s Kind of Funny Story – from the directors of Half Nelson and Sugar – the 40-year-old comic finally gets a chance to tone the comedy down and inject some pathos into his part. “I’d seen their movies, and we chatted about the character and the subtlety of the kind of movies they do,” says the North Carolina native, who plays a wise, but deeply troubled guy named Bobby who lives in a mental institution.“The kind of movies I like are not necessarily the kind of movies I’ve been in,” he says. “I like good stories, more grounded kind of things. I like very sad movies, those are my favourite kind. Very emotional movies. This role is a little bit of a departure from what I guess I’m known for. But Ryan and Anna are really good directors, and very smart. And they were willing to let me not be so crazy and animated. And in real life, I’m not that crazy and animated.”

You can read the entire interview at the Global & Mail website.