As an actor, particularly in theatre, you're trying to get jobs on TV; but you're also losing jobs in theatre to people who are on television.

My mother was predominately a stay-at-home Mom.

Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop.

Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop... Sometimes after some bad auditions I think, you know what - time to open that scone shop! Let's start baking.

Luckily for me I have a very supportive family and a loving group of friends.

My only goal is to make the crew laugh, basically. It's the only litmus I have to know, is this good or not?

I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.

I am mildly addicted to Mucinex-D. I feel like I should just come clean about that.

I figure, oftentimes the best way in is through humor, and you can deal with serious situations a lot easier, or at least bring up the conversation.

At a very early age I knew I wanted to be an actor and then more specifically that I wanted to be on Broadway and be in musicals.

I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.

It's just, there's something compelling about very beautiful people. Especially strong-jawed men with stubble and intense eyes. You fall under their spell and believe anything they say.

I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.

Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That's Buddhist morality.

Desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty.

Remember that what's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right.

Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.

We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond all senses.

In order to understand the dance one must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness one must dance.

I do not need a thousand souls, I only need one, which is my master's.

When certain people hear "'SNL' comedy," rightfully so, you expect it to be a certain kind of goofiness.