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I'm one of those actors who's going to have to create a space for themselves. It's very easy to be the young Tom Cruise, because Hollywood knows what to do with you. But if you're someone who's bringing someone slightly left of center to the table, you're not a sure thing. ”
I noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out. ”
I wanted to be involved in TV and film in some capacity, so a compromise, because acting seemed unrealistic, and so risky, was to get into the production side. And it was a really fortunate, smart move looking back on it, because it gave me perspective on another side of the business. ”
Because I come from the place of interviewing, I know how to answer a question giving you what you need to hear and not a minute more. ”
There's some really disgusting places out there who just throw some lentil together and think that just because you don't eat meat, you're gonna eat this slop. ”
I look back, and I have no regrets, truly. Everything led me to the place where I am now. ”
I'm more interested in having a place to work out my voice and my body than I am in having furniture. ”
New York is a place where people have strong convictions. ”
Throughout history, when societies have been faced with big challenges, they've put their best people on them. During the Space Race, American and Russian scientists, engineers, astronauts and cosmonauts pushed the bounds of what was possible and landed men on the moon. ”
As a senior at Princeton, I felt like the whole world was open to me. In our country, that's not a given. We aspire to be a place of equal opportunity, and yet where you're born determines your prospects. ”