Timothy Simons

Ultimately, I just made the decision to move to L.A. sight unseen. It took me a while to save up some money to do it.

There is that great thing of D.C. being Hollywood for ugly people. There's very distinct crossover behaviors.

I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff.

I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.

I took one class at Second City called Improv for Actors, and that was it, and that was only because my agent told me I had to.

I was born in the Northeast, and I have Midwestern parents.

It's so odd because I don't even know if I'm cut out for it, but being a movie star guy, I sort of end up gravitating toward the Coen brothers. That's one of the reasons my wife and I moved to L.A.: that however much of a pipe dream that would be, I moved to L.A. because I'd love to work with the Coen brothers.

I'm a night person, but because of being in the film business and having children, my schedule has shifted, and I'm always terrified that I'm going to oversleep.

There are people I've met in L.A. who kind of only talk about the business. Because maybe they think that's the best move.

When I was a carpenter, I built sets for small storefront Chicago companies. Like, I built sets for friends of mine at The House Theater.

I'm particularly bad at breaking if something's funny. I'm not professional, so I do often laugh, but less at what I do and more often at what other people do.

There is a part of me that really just thinks it would be so funny to see the 'Veep' characters in 'Game of Thrones.'