Babies are born whole and then they go through experiences in life that chip away at some of that, and it becomes learned behavior.
Ari GraynorAs an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.
Ari GraynorAs I've grown as a person and gotten to know myself more - the question of how someone becomes who they become has gotten really interesting to me.
Ari GraynorWhen you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are the people doing the right thing that you can point to as your own moral compass.
Ari GraynorI started doing community theater when I was seven and I think the intent was just expression. When you're a musician, you can make music in your room, and when you're a writer, you can write. Acting is one of the tricky art forms where you need a certain amount of permission to be able to do it. You can talk to yourself in the mirror, but it's different than actually acting or doing a scene. You need an audience and you need someone else to do it with.
Ari Graynor