Why does will arnett look so skinny

In a year of historically dismal receipts at the American box office , Arnett was in two of the biggest smashes. Life is good all over again. He says he did it all for his kids.

That in itself was kind of interesting and important to me. This, I must admit, is tragic news to me, fan as I am of the entire, seething menagerie of dicks, douchebags, dimwits and dunderheads he has created in the decade or more since the debut of Arrested Development. In sitcom after sitcom and movie after movie, and in his other job as a voiceover actor and artist, he has staked a place for himself as perhaps the most aggressively amusing, terrifying, vanity-free and daring of post-Apatow, post-Seinfeld comic actors — an incredibly dependable and omnipresent A-type bully and crybaby with a heart of pure mush.

I find that lack of self-awareness amazing. I spent 10 years doing it. With Mutant Ninja Turtles I wanted to play a character who lives more in the real world, although yes, I grant you, he immediately encounters, um, turtles, of the teenage mutant ninja variety. And the writers had given him some great jumping-off points. One throwaway moment with him tossing a hat into a van, I thought, well, nothing much we can do with that, but Will made it work beautifully.

My job was to make it lighter, to give you a contrast to the more hard-driving action scenes. I think that's a very dangerous place to live in. Will Arnett to be honoured at Banff TV festival. Not that Arnett is condoning a spiteful brand of humour. What's the point otherwise? That's pretty serious talk for someone whose public persona is anything but.

Arnett is best known for roles on shows like Arrested Development and 30 Rock as outrageously zany jerks who don't have a clue how ridiculous they really are. But career-wise, Arnett is looking to get serious, as evidenced by his latest role in Flaked , a new Netflix show that began streaming Friday.

Arnett, who also co-wrote the series, plays a recovering alcoholic turned self-appointed guru whose lies bolster a public persona that masks his personal flaws. What would others consider to be your greatest virtue? My brilliant modesty. My dad asked me if it was true that I was roommates with Jake Gardiner, who plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team. I had actually started the rumour. I alluded to it on Twitter and then Jake played it up. What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is probably getting caught trying.

View on Twitter. If you could apologise to one person, who would it be and what would you say?