i had sat down with jason winer, a mastermind behind "modern family." i just i would ride on his coat tails. then we had a discussion about what is the next thing you want to do. i had said i was interested in doing a show about an ordinary family in the most extraordinary bubble anywhere, the white house, and he said that that might interest them, and i also said i was not interested in starring in it. we sat down, and we had gotten this kid, jon lovett, and when i saw the development of the script, i thought, if i see anyone else play this, i am going to be -- i knew inherently that it spoke to my sensibilities and that it was something that i could kill, but i did not necessarily want to dive back into the schedule, and i certainly did not want to do something so similar to the last role that i played. tavis: explain to us what it means when you say "my comedic." >> somewhere between this a real, taking this year real -- between the surreal, taking the surreal -- tavis: you get compared to a lot of those that died. john candy. >> yes, i get compared