(In) most cop shows, every cop in the squad speaks exactly the same and the same kind of short clipped film noir-ish talk.

Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds of characters, and I have a great affinity for the outsider, but I definitely am about expanding my range as well.

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

There's like ten minutes when it's like, 'Okay, wait, who is this guy again?' And then, you know, I just put on the calculator watch and the glasses, and just be all, you know, inappropriate. And then it just works out fine.

I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.