NEW YORK -- I told Ryan Reynolds I was a little bit nervous. It was my first interview with the actor, who starred in "Deadpool" and is now the voice of Detective Pikachu “Pokemon Detective Pikachu.”

“Where is your Aviation drink when I need it?” I joked. Reynolds is a proud owner of liquor company Aviation Gin.

“You know what? It’s probably just emanating from my pores at this point.” He volleyed back so fast I couldn’t do anything else but laugh and proceed with our interview.

The actor, known for his quick wit whether it’s in character or on Twitter where he rules with hilarious posts and pretend-social-media-war with friend Hugh Jackman, is quite unlike some celebrities of his stature.

His responses are substantial and sincere, and he doesn’t shy away from sharing personal things.

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I spoke with him in New York the day after the movie’s premiere where his wife, actress Blake Lively, also premiered her baby bump.

Famously protective of their family life, the couple made the red-carpet announcement that Baby Lively-Reynolds No. 3 is well on its way.

In “Pokemon Detective Pikachu,” Reynolds once again employs his trademark charming and hilariously deadpan line delivery.

Q: When the part was first offered to you, did you immediately know how you were going to play Pikachu?

A: Well, there was a moment early on where I thought, okay, so it’s sort of like a film noir, kind of. The movie almost felt like “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” had a baby with “Blade Runner.” It was just this crazy combination but I was like, so it’s a little gumshoe, kind of film noir, so I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll do like a Brooklyn, kind of Upper New York sort of weird accent’ and they were like, ‘No.’ (laughter) ‘Just do you.’

Q: There are still people who say no to you? Come on, man.

A: You know what, listen, the greatest gift anyone in my industry can have is people saying no to you. There is nothing better. Like, if people are saying no to you, you’ve done something right.

Q: That is a great thing to learn. You started early in the industry, how did you find that path towards where you are right now?

A: My path to where I am now I’m very, very lucky because my path in this business has been an aggregate. It’s been very, very slow. Two steps forward, one step back, you know, and because of that I’m grateful. It kept me pretty grounded, pretty normal I think. I look at some of these stars right now that have these meteoric rise to fame and I can’t see out how utterly challenging that has to be. You must be in just a moment by moment showdown with your darker self when that happens. And so I’m always frightened for like a young actor or actress or singer who just becomes an overnight sensation because I don’t think that’s something anybody is equipped to deal with.

Q: Your comedic timing is so good. When you were growing up, was that something that people always tell you, that you’re so funny.

A: A little bit because it was for me, it was my self-defense mechanism. I grew up in a really strict lower middle-class house where, you know, everything counted like, you know, my dad is really intense and I found that to disarm him, I found that making him laugh helped me, you know, get by. It was something I kind of cultivated. And also there is a genuine interest because of the stuff that I watched and the kind of entertainment I imbibed was always, like Bill Murray, those are my heroes when I was growing up so watching those guys was a big part of it.

Q: And then you became the leading man.

A: Somehow, yeah. I didn’t want to be a leading man. I always wanted to be like, when I moved to LA, I wanted to be the wacky neighbor in a sitcom. It sort of ended up happening this way, which I’m not complaining about that.