Part of why I love being an actor is the opportunity to be able to go to distant lands and take on different worlds and concepts and pretend to take on different occupations and statuses.

I always tried to make people laugh. I attribute that to - I come from a family of divorce. It was a way to distract myself from stuff. I always thought it was interesting that my brother and I existed in this really tight bond, and we would just take the piss out of pretty much everything. I knew I wanted to be an actor so it would be great if I could make people laugh while I was doing this, because I could be other characters and other people, and I could hide behind things. It was a great out for me, and a mode of expression.

You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad.

I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.

If I'm going to pour that kind of love and energy and sweat and heartache, all that juju into something, I'm going to lean into my own projects before someone else's.

I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but.

The producers had seen "In a World..." and that's where they found me out and consequently sought me out for this role [in Man up].