I say it was like this accidental research that I did for eight years. I had no idea I was researching the role of my career. But yeah, and there was this one casting director named Allison Jones, and for five years she would call me in every year for a different TV show and she just really was a big supporter of mine.

I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like cook dishes from scratch and take them to parties or be really thoughtful about birthdays and anniversaries.

I spent my whole adolescence, when you just want to be accepted, looking much younger than everyone else.

I don't have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.

Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.

The Farrelly brothers make movies the way you imagine a movie set would be when you're a kid - fun all the time.

When I'm writing my blog, I think of myself at 13 years old, back in St. Louis, daydreaming about Hollywood.