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" I guess I get really obsessive or passionate about things. "

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" I've learned over time that human beings tend to want to do more than they have the courage to do or that the social contract will allow them to do. "

" As a piano player, if 10 is concert level, I'd put myself at a 5 or a 6, but in a completely different genre than classical or opera. In terms of classical and opera, playing accompaniment, I'd say I was a 3. "

" Karate probably gave me an incredibly deep awareness of all the parts of me, my flexibility, and the nimble qualities I'm doing, even if they're unconscious. "

" I might love dancing more than I should admit. But not in public. "

" I think there's a freedom in freeing yourself of the baggage of ability. "

" I don't think Hollywood respects multi-camera television. Well, I don't think they disrespect it, but I don't think it gets respect for its artistry. "

" Getting to know where we come from is a really profound way of getting to look at who we are. "

" It's not the coolest thing in the world to be walking around humming the Taylor Swift song. It's not as cool to be singing along with the number one song in the country as it is to be the jaded, indifferent hipster who wants to turn you on to something that nobody else is talking about. "

" My parents tried to convince me that school won't always be there, but auditions will. I said, 'Really? Are they tearing down NYU?' "

" I watched a lot of 'I Love Lucy.' Then I went to college, and I didn't watch TV, really. I don't know: something happened after 'Friends' went off the air. I think something dipped in the whole sitcom world. "

" My mom is a casting director, which is pretty awesome. "

" Being an accompanist is very selfless in many ways because you're really just trying to elevate the singer and help them shine, ultimately. "

" I try to act with my whole body and, for better or worse, this is the face that's attached to it. "

" As actors, we tend to usually have some issues with self-esteem and some need for validation, and it takes awhile for that fear of not having a job to go away. "

" Personally, I'm not into 'Star Trek' or physics or comic books, but I know I might be in the minority. "

" I have great instincts, like the instincts of a squirrel. You know, like when you're driving and a squirrel stops in the middle of the road. "

" I thought it was going to be a hut in Topanga and Janis Joplin was going to come out, but it's a real doctor... I went to Beverly Hills to meet this midwife; you'd think they'd be in nature. "

" My whole life revolved around TV as a kid. I would come home and make sure I finished my homework every night by 8 o'clock, generally so that I could sit down and watch TV from 8 to 10. As a kid, it was 'Family Ties' and 'Roseanne' and 'Growing Pains' and 'Perfect Strangers' and 'Golden Girls.' I mean, I watched everything. "

" There's a lot of closeted nerds out there. "

" I actually struggled through teaching myself to cook because I'm completely ignorant in the kitchen. So I did really macho things like trying to make my own curry. Really hardcore stuff. "

" In America, the first thing people say is, 'What do you do?' "

" Failing passionately is a success in its own right. "

" Surprise is a huge element in acting. "

" I'm deeply insecure. I ask my wife all the time, 'Was that OK? Are people lying?' I'm not as happily oblivious as I'd like. "

" I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart. "

" Stephen Frears is brilliant and has made movies that inspired me for my whole life. "

" Every time we do anything artistic, the way it's perceived is always going to be different from the way that we had intended it to be because it's subjective. "

" When I decided I wanted to be an actor in high school, I really went into improv. I took classes at The Groundlings. I studied acting. Did sketch comedy in L.A. "