I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice.

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year.

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.

I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.

Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out.

I, myself, identify myself as a heathen.

Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.

I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success.

My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.

As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

To misuse wealth is a great fault.

I’m the thing you most desire, you represent the thing I least desire, death. It’s just the opposite of love.

Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most.

Muses had a way of killing those whom they inspired.

Love is an impossible concept.

There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own.

I am a late starter. I like to go on into the night when it's quiet and everything has shut down. I find that's where music and minds open in the dark.

Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining.