Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you.'

The iPad was my first splurge after I got my first paychecks. I paid off the debt, and I now bring the iPad with me to auditions.

I got my first job when I moved to Los Angeles. I worked at a coffee shop for five years and it was one of the best experiences I ever had. It was a bunch of actors covering shifts for each other and becoming great friends.

It's really important to be active in your community, whatever community that is... find allies and find people who you relate to and who make you stronger as a group.

I'm a total nerd. I love comic books and video games and most of all zombies!

Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you.'

In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.