It was at a performance art space that's no longer around, Gusto House... All of these great performers from all over the country lived on the Lower East Side, and they would take somebody's living room that opened right onto the street, open the door and charge tickets and put up chairs.

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can go your whole life if you stay current and you stay fresh.

There were no Latin people on 'Star Trek,' that this was proof that they weren't planning to have us around for the future.

I like helping people achieve their dreams just like people helped me.

I knew Linda Cardellini from when we did ER together - she was always great, such a cool spirit.

I wanted to enjoy the process. I wanted to enjoy just being on stage and giving back and the feedback.

I had to work with Ben Mendelsohn who's one of the great actors of our time. I had a lot of scenes with him and I was thrilled to be on the set with him; I just wanted to see how we were going to play it.