I didn't become an actor for the money, so I can't stay with a job for that reason. I did too many years of theater where you just get by from month to month, happily, to make that a priority.

This is going to sound terrible, but once I moved to New York, I never did a civilian job. I was extraordinarily lucky.

Unless I have to, I can't take a job for the money. Unless my children are going to be out on the street, I have to be a little bit picky.

I was always snobby about soap operas, and commercials, too, but one does have to eat. I remember auditioning for a commercial for a mouthwash or chewing gum or something, and I had to pretend to be the back end of somebody in a horse costume. After that, I said, 'That's it. That's it. You've sunk too far!'

I don't want to get stuck in romantic comedy.

The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a late developer. I was last to walk. I was last to ride a bike. I was last to have sex. That's why it's fun to portray one side of your childhood onscreen.

Whenever I passed by a Chinese restaurant in a car, I'd joke to my friends, 'Oh yeah, my uncle owns that place.'

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.