It's nice to be playing a character who's never had a live-action version before.

I like to do my research, get in the right mental state for the person I'll be portraying. A lot of time, it's just incorporating a lot of what that person would be into, into my daily routine.

Everyone should have cheat days or days off. You need to balance the unhealthy with the healthy.

Every actor needs someone to take a chance on them.

My girlfriend doesn't think I'm funny at all.

Luckily, I didn't get too beaten up before someone gave me a shot, but there were times when I was living on friends' couches and eating five-dollar subs from Subway almost every meal.

My friends and family definitely helped me with the biggest obstacle in my life, which was just staying in L.A. long enough to really give it a shot.

A lot of my inspiration comes from the movies and TV, watching other people doing things that I one day hope to have the opportunity to do.

Just being the first person to bring the character to life is really fun and exciting.

It's better to leave them wanting more than to be the show where people are like, "Oh, that's still on the air?"

I play hockey in a pickup league. I grew up playing, so it's nice to get on the ice whenever I can.

Believing without questioning is an insult to the human conscience.

One day can make your life. One day can ruin your life. All life is, is four or five days that change everything.

Sometimes I do work on a longer manuscript in tandem with one or two shorter pieces - whether it's a short story or an essay (though I don't write many of the latter).

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to.

If people don't hold grudges, it means they just don't care what people do.

We have a president who apparently loves instability and revolution, and that is the antithesis of those two words, Social Security.

I try to be a good, diligent actor.

Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food.