I got really into writing plays. I did that for years and years and got some produced and didn't like it as much when I wasn't able to control it.

My day job is acting - I wouldn't direct something if I didn't feel passionate about it.

You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people.

My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw me in a movie called 'Ceremony' because she knew Max Winkler and said, 'I want you to be in 'No Strings Attached,' but you gotta audition for it.' From that it was easier for her to get me in 'New Girl.

When somebody is doing something really funny, in real life and as a performer, my instinct is to join them.

I had spent 10 days of my life digging for garbage.

I had a lot of bad jobs but the one big internship I had is I interned for 'SNL' when I was 21 years old and that was the joke. You intern there and you think man, I'm going to be with the writers and the great comedians. Then you're getting everybody sandwiches and then the doors close and then all the great creatives are doing the work.