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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.