Let an audience be able to find it themselves without spoonfeeding it.

All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way.

So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.