I think we need to feel, to come together, to look at our differences as a benefit to who we are as people on the same planet.

I think with actors, we tend to get rid of characters - and not get rid of them as in discard them or throw them away, but it's just that you take that jacket off because you're going to be putting a different jacket on.

I just try not to subscribe to the ways of celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm a working actor. A lot of the events -- the parties and the premieres that people go to to get noticed -- I'm just not into. I'll hang out with my friends, go see punk shows, read at home. At the same time, I have a production company, which is a lot of work.

I'm a homebody. I'd rather be in the kitchen cooking than hanging out in a bar.

I tell people, "It's the hardest thing to explain, but it's the easiest thing to understand." And all anybody really needs to know is, the struggles of life, the joy of life, the excitement and the heartbreak of life is something we can all connect to. And I like to hope that the inclusivity of the show [This Is Us] is something that audiences will relate to.

You have to pay attention to the work on the page and make it as good as possible because it could be your last.

I was never one to stand on a soap box and say, "This is how you need to live your life!" It was never about that.