I grew up watching comedy. It was among all the geeky things that I did.

My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.

Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights.

Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.

I think creative blocks come from people's life journeys. If you don't know who you are or what you're about or what you believe in it's really pretty impossible to be creative.

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