As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is.
My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.
I've always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I'd just be poisoning the air.