There are just things you can explore in a movie that you can't in 22 minutes with a laugh track.

After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,' I am once again officially allergic to dogs.

I feel comfortable with women. I have two sisters, so I grew up in a female-dominated environment.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.