Actors make a bunch of money and they are superstars and then all of a sudden they are 35 and they are an old man and then you never hear from them again. So they basically live like a king for a decade and then they are done.

There are so many of us that just do things to pay bills, but I never wanted that to be me.

I'm a nerd; I enjoy educating myself and learning things.

Rachel Maddow is a national treasure. I think that we need honest voices like that and we need journalism like that.

I basically modeled my way through college, doing local runway shows in L.A. that don't pay a lot and a couple of shows in N.Y. and S.F., and I probably made the same as the average 19-year-old waiter; I just worked less and was around beautiful girls, so it was nice.

I don't pay too much attention to the positive reviews or the negative reviews because if you believe one, you've gotta believe the other.

All success is quite temporary if you don't work hard enough to maintain where you are. Talent can get you somewhere but character keeps you there. You have to build character along the way and know when and know how to take the victories from situations even though they might seem grim.