I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.

I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York. We weren't, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.

It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me as a kid. I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.

If you really think you have something good, you can't take no for an answer. You've got to get in there and ignore the people who say no.

We weren't rich people, but my parents and I shared an interest in the theater and so we went a lot. And that definitely inspired me.

For some reasons, I have WWE wrestlers tweeting me all the time. Like, my biggest fans. Why they can connect with my love for Meryl Streep, I don't know.

I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have some sort of impact. And for me that turned out to be comedy.