What I didn't realize is that the writing process for comedies is that you do your table read, and if you aren't funny on that first day during the table read, they take your jokes away and give them to somebody else.

In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.

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

I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

For a lot of people, if they're lucky, it begins with somebody who recognizes something in them.

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.

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."