I think improv training really orients you to character development, more than taking a Strasberg class or Meisner class. Not only is it about develo….

It is surprising that people are snapping photos and stuff and then putting them on the internet. For me, it is like, "Why would you want to do that?….

As an actor, I don't know what I'm doing. I've never known what I was doing. I show up the first day, I'm scared, and I just hang out. It's like bein….

If you don't fight the system, you can either take advantage of the system or let the system take advantage of you..

Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any..

There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the sa….

When you see a struggle that you may be having personally put on a big screen and in a roomful of people, then it makes you feel less crazy or alone,….

Everybodys constantly being destroyed and rebuilding themselves, some more drastically than others..

When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in the mirror you feel like a different person..

Design is the fundamental creative activity with which we direct our lives, and collectively, the earth's transformation from its original, natural s….

That's the great secret of humans: we're all the same person. The best thing to do is just go for the hug..

Plenty of people are onto the emptiness but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness..

I've never worried about anything in my life a fraction of the way I worry about my daughter. It's much more than hoping people like the play you're ….

There are so many people who make their fortunes of the misfortunes of others. I don't know if it's because the world is too damn crowded, or what, b….

The thing that is always important to me is the relationships. I feel like until I get around with the actual people that I am going to be working wi….

If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this?' For everyone helping an old lady….

I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trou….

You got to know what's worth keeping and what's worth letting go..

It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get the most out of all the individual moments. ….

Theater is the best. That's where you get the work done. You just really get in there and figure something out about a story or a character or life o….

My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside….