I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

I think that there is a tragic misfit at the core of me, and I've just done a lot of work on myself. I love a good self-help book; I've read a ton of them. I love self-help seminars and therapy and all that.

I didn't want to go to college. I wanted to move to Los Angeles right out of high school.

I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background.

I know so many amazing actors who don't get work... and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.

With "The Office," they said, "We don't want anyone we recognize, so give us unknown actors," and I think that was the break that I needed. Because I went in and I got the role.

I still get nervous when I have a lot of makeup on, a big hairdo, and a dress.