I was born in the West Village in New York, and then when I was about four my family moved to what they joke is the suburbs, the Upper West Side. I l….

I was really able to confirm something that I knew on some level before I'd made a film. The best actors know how to really relax. Because in film, a….

When I step back from any moment of crisis that I've ever had, I'm always struck by how humor and tragedy can kind of live in the same moment, holdin….

My father is also gifted at business, which is a blessing and a curse, because if you have the kind of mind that he does where you can do anything ve….

I'm four and a half years older than my sister - it's an interesting age difference. Growing up it feels like a big rift. Then you get older and you ….

When you're watching yourself work, you're not really an audience member for yourself. Even being confronted by your own image can be jarring sometim….

I took ballet for two years in high school and then in college on and off, and I went back into class. I'm nowhere near good enough to be a professio….

I did my friend's film - this guy Harrison Atkins who's a great filmmaker. He just makes movies with all his friends, and I think that's all what we'….

When father was younger than me he came to New York to be in musicals and was in a number of them. But he, at that time in his life, didn't feel he c….

It's always nice to have a large role, but if it's a great small part, those can be so much fun. Size is less important than quality, always..

If you feel like you're working with good people, you give them your humanity and just let it happen..

I've always known that I wanted to be an actor. My family kind of was a theatrically inclined family. My father came to New York when he was a young ….

You would almost think it would be the opposite, but making a film sort of made me freer in my acting..

What's nice about writing and making films is that being able to see a film from the outside - from the inception through production and then complet….

My parents are actually very hip. They're way hipper than me..

If you're in something and you feel like it's not going well, what can you do about that? It's out of your hands. No matter what you do, you're not g….

Seeing a movie you're in is nothing like seeing a movie you're not in..

Sometimes it's nice to think, "Oh, I can only do this one thing." Instead of feeling like, "I could theoretically, maybe, if I applied myself, could ….

My philosophy is that if you're playing a moment truthfully, that it's a funny moment, then hopefully it will be funny. I like to just go for a truth….

My feeling was, "This is the future." And what's great about a place like Amazon is they really give the creators of their shows freedom, and there i….

I have done much more dramatic work than comedic work, but I think comedy is harder than drama in a way. I think it's one of those things that's cons….