I put a lot of stock in the written word, and the power of it. That's what I love about acting and reading scripts. Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.

People ask me, 'Why are you doing a show on Showtime?' Because I'll do anything really, I don't really care, I'll do a show on Nickelodeon if I thought it was well written. Actually Nickelodeon's kind of awesome.

I'm just damseling mostly. I'm not very good with a gun.

I'm not comfortable with getting a job by being at the right Hollywood party; I'm not a terribly sociable creature.

I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work.

The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful.

In college, my teachers were usually after me for going after comedy too much, leaning too much in that direction.