I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything.

You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

You need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

If the shoe fits, you must wear it.

I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.

I have always been so interested in film as a medium.

One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.

You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.

Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record, and are suffered every day!

The Busted thing happened when I was 16. I saw an opportunity, took it and it was better than being at school. It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.

Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and can't do a retake.

You are not a problem that needs solving.

I was brought up Catholic and, of course, I strayed and repudiated it. That's a painful thing to go through, because you have to look back and realize that you wasted a gigantic chunk of your life.

There are a lot of times where people think I'm in things that I'm not in, because they think I'm Kumail Nanjiani.

Good or bad, habits always deliver results.

If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.