My family is not at all involved in television, or film, or theatre, or any of it, really.

I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange - so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous comfort in that - someone who's kind of normal just doesn't feel as true.

I really love being a character actor. I have to say I wish it were a little easier. There are still a lot of things that I don't get, like I do wish I had more of my own.

I had been wanting to do a musical for a really long time. I wanted people in New York to know that I can sing.

I'm really tall - almost six feet - and my features tend to be extreme, especially on TV.

I feel more comfortable when I'm somebody else, I think. When I'm taking a picture as myself, the whole idea of taking a headshot, to me, feels very false.

My family is still very Southern Baptist, and they're religious.