There's been no nepotism in my acting artistic life, but I think it's been pretty clear in my writing life. I knew what a pantoum was at age 11 - I knew form - therefore I would win the poetry contest. But I also realized that I would never be a great writer.

I've always just shown up to set and said the lines, [but] I want to help develop scripts and help cast and help bring a visual tone to something.

The reason actors are assholes is because they don't eat.

As you get older and you progress in your career, you start to want to have more control over things and you have ideas.

We live in a time where improv is king and people love improv, and I think there's a time and a place for that and people who are really good at structuring improv.

The worst feeling in the world is giving a bad audition.

What you learn in any acting class is how to make a fool of yourself and enjoy things and get out of your head.