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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.