Because I'd only done theater, that's really what I thought most of my life would be. I always figured that movies would be a part of it at some point. I didn't know how or when.

I wouldn't mind having another shot at doing comedy, but I'm not sure that's the way I'd want to go.

When I was in school, in eighth grade, someone recognized something in me. She was an English teacher, and we read a play out loud in class, and she asked me to read one of the roles. I'd never done anything like that before, but something just lit up.

A lot of the things I've enjoyed the most and that I think have been the best are ensembles.

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it."

You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again.