If I wasn't an actor, I would probably be writing or doing something with psychology.

I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager. I really lucked into it!

I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.

I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.

And yet their reward appear not, and their labor had no fruit: for I have gone here and there through the heathen, and I see that they flow in wealth, and think not upon thy commandments.

It's one of those things a person has to do

There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message that resonates powerfully in the Hispanic community.

Not worrying about the cost of materials and tools extends my artistic freedom.

In an environment in which tragedy is genuine and frequent, laughter is essential to sanity.

In general in comedy, there are fewer people making a ton of money and a lot more people making a living. For me, the goal is just being able to make exactly the show I wanted to make.

I was in Nepal and I had watched Oprah Winfrey's show. I had no idea, as a kid in Nepal, who she was, but I remember watching an episode of hers about living your dreams.

I've had so much happen, it's hard to trust people.

Sometimes you have to bend with the breeze or you break.

Fate is a manifestation of natural causes. That's it. It's not a conscious entity. It has no plan.