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

I am a very nerdy guy. I understand that it's easier to cast me as a nerdy guy than an action star - although I would love to be an action star!

Im from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assumed I would be a doctor.

I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.

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

I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then ordering online.

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.