At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

I don't think you should exploit your own pain.

I still know I have an awful lot to learn, and I hope I'm put in whatever situation it is that's gonna help me learn it, or that I'll get to watch really good people do what they do.

To be too knowing is a downfall.

There's a real passing down in the theater, almost ad nauseam. You have to listen to older people talk about their experience, but it makes you very aware of what has come before you or what is coming after you - that you're a part of a link in a chain. It's not all about you.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.