Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.

Whether or not I would be able to be an actor without the music I'm not sure, but I feel pretty lucky to do it.

I love North Carolina.

The reason I like doing these acting projects is because no matter how much acting I do, I'll always have music in my life. I love having both.

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

I didn't have any terrible survival jobs. The main job I had before I was able to transition over to acting full-time was working at an after-school program at a middle school teaching improv and standup. So even when I had a regular job, I was still lucky enough to be doing the stuff I loved in some way.

Bill Clinton fascinates me because, at the time, it seemed like his shenanigans and the people after him were the biggest political stories you could ever imagine. I remember when the 'Starr Report' was published in the newspaper, all of us were reading it in the high-school cafeteria, and a dean started taking the newspapers away from us.