I stopped watching television like a fiend once I got into college.

I can still impress my family, yeah. In fact, I always text my family when I meet someone famous. I ran into Anna Faris and I texted my niece, and I said "Just hugged it out with Anna Faris," and she was like, "Oh my God! OMG! OMG!" She got a big kick out of it.

Don’t deprive yourself of the exciting journey your life can be when you relinquish the need to have goals and a blueprint.

I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.

I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in my own experience, to be homophobic. ... But I do think the straight folks will continue to play the straight roles.

Steve Carell, we’ve been nodding at each other for years now.

That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair.