In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

- Kal Penn

What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cer…

- Kal Penn

The thing that I enjoy about being an actor and the thing that I enjoy about the arts in general is the ability to make the audience feel an emotion …

- Kal Penn

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

- Kal Penn

I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it's repulsive. But it was the first …

- Kal Penn

I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.

- Kal Penn

Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.

- Kal Penn

I was a vegetarian when we shot the first film(Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle), and I generally eat organic as much as possible. I know this is …

- Kal Penn

To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: Be careful.

- Kal Penn