I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful - every adjective I can think of, very cold.

So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and people accept that. It's really the roles you give yourself.

As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly.

You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.

It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.

Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.

Creativity is connected to your passion, that light inside you that drives you. That joy that comes when you do something you love. That small voice that tells you, 'I like this. Do this again. You are good at it. Keep going.' That is the juicy stuff that lubricates our lives and helps us feel less alone in the world.