I was confident and in good shape when I first came to L.A. but nobody would cast me in any well written roles. People assumed based on my looks I was an asshole and a one trick pony. They never let me improv or do comedy. It wasn't until I built a shlubby exterior, which stood in stark contrast to my inner confidence that people gave me room to play.

I have some weird habits. For instance, I love beets. Show me a salad bar and I will clean them out of their beets.

I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytraps, a fruit fly farm and sea monkeys.

The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Bridesmaids' is R-rated, and I think it was a major coup for women to have an R-rated comedy that did really well. Same as 'Bad Teacher.'

My favorite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower.

Both 'OC' and 'Everwood,' there were people on set where you learned to stay away from them on a bad day.

Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in 'GQ' magazine.