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" I definitely had fun being a waiter. I can't say for sure that I was a good waiter. I think that I made people have a good time. "

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" I was born in Newton, MA. Graduated from Brown University in 2001 with honors in English as a playwright. I attended the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Center in Waterford, CT just after Brown. I moved to NYC in 2002 and was a professional... waiter, for 3 years. "

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" By being a waiter 100 percent, I think I was a lot like any other actor in New York. I had credits because I'd work lunches during the week, and then on a Wednesday would go be lucky enough to be in a movie like 'Kinsey.' "

" I don't go out - ever. I'm lucky enough to have awesome friends, and we always end up at someone's house. We're big house-party guys. "

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" Being from Boston, I think we have to get the 'Good Will Hunting' poster tattooed on our backs when we're like 16 or 17; it's just a rite of passage. That movie is so, so, so huge. "

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" I got fired from being a lunch-shift bartender because I had a reading of a play. "

" Luckily, I have two of the coolest parents around. They're so open about having any and all experiences, so they never hindered us in any way by categorizing or judging anything. "

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