I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world.

I wish I could always look like I've just finished a really good laugh.

Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents!

As an actor, you hope to obtain this mind meld and sometimes I feel like I'm chasing a horse holding on to its tail and getting dragged, and other times I feel much more velcroed into the saddle. And I'm not the knower of which is better or best as a process, it's just as random as the weather in terms of what my subjective experience is.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

A grandparent will tell you, "Have fun!" and a parent will tell you, "Be safe, do a good job, make me proud." You know what I mean? I try to grandparent myself now, because it's important to have fun, it's important to impart the fun in things to other people.