On stage I just have to be myself. In acting you have to be so many other people.

I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it.

Just because you saw a vampire doesn't mean that a snowman or a Loch Ness Monster also exists.

It wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself.

It's not like I listened to music and then stopped. I still don't have a real appreciation for music because I didn't really start listening to it until my 20s.

The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even yourself.

I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.