My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.

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.

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

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

I was a vegetarian when we shot the first film(Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle), and I generally eat organic as much as possible. I know this is so disappointing to the audience, which is why I don't talk about it a lot, but I don't smoke weed, I don't eat fast food.

Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.

Growing up, I always had two interests and two passions; one being public service and the other being the arts and acting.