Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that.

I would almost rather be in debt constantly than work with horrible people that I hate.

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

It's a very long and difficult schedule on a single-camera show.

If I'm enjoying myself, I find my opportunities for more fun become greater.

The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way.

It's easier to lecture women on sexual morality than it is to explain why all Americans shouldn't have comprehensive, fair, and equal health care coverage.