In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

The thing that I enjoy about being an actor and the thing that I enjoy about the arts in general is the ability to make the audience feel an emotion that they weren't intending to feel before they went in.

What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: Be careful.

In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process.