I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just a blank slate.' And I had an opportunity to go to different schools, but I chose Brown because it was unique and allowed you to be yourself as an individual and like I said, it's a blank slate.

I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist.

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.

At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements.

Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything.

The key to digital effects is to do things that are visually accurate but done cheaply and approximated.

I think it enriches you as a scientist to be able to see things in an artistic perspective and as an artist to see things in a scientific perspective.