Funnyman Will Arnett recently spoke to Parade and spilled a little about his career and life with wife Amy Poehler and their baby, Archie.

On playing a monster in Monsters vs. Aliens:

I wasn’t sure how to feel because they said, ‘We want you to play this weird creature called The Missing Link. He’s this kind of brave dumb-dumb.’ They showed me a picture and I was like, ‘He’s got that silly smile that I kind of identify with. Is that me?’ So the good news is that I got to be in a Dreamworks animated feature, but it hurt my feelings a little bit.

On the character he plays in the upcoming Fox show Sit Down, Shut Up:

[I play] Ennis Hoftard who teaches English. In case you’re wondering, Ennis rhymes with a male body part. Anyway, he’s a fitness buff who is much more concerned with his body than his students. Unfortunately, he’s not only 100% self-absorbed, he’s one of the dumber characters I’ve played. Why am I on the short list of dumb guys? It’s like Hollywood has its A-list and then they have their A-list of dumb people.

On whether he and Amy are competing over Archie saying “Mommy” or “Daddy” first:

I think it’s going to more about who will get the first laugh. But you know what? Honestly, I think what’s going to end up happening is he’s going to find us both very unfunny.

On whether he was a funny kid:

I certainly was a loudmouth. And that got me in trouble a lot. So I don’t know if I have more of a sense of comedy or just have less of a filter from my brain to my mouth. Where 90% of the people will say, ‘I probably shouldn’t say that,’ or ‘I probably shouldn’t do that,’ that part of me got corroded away a long time ago.

You can check out the entire interview here.

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