I'd sleep under a Vermeer.
Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.
I think there are all sorts of ways of turning into an actor, and there are a vast variety of different actors. You know, you interview plenty of actors and you know they come at it from a different direction and acting means different things to a lot of people.
What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.
I certainly had my years as an out of work actor but I was married with a baby. My wife was supporting us.