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" I learned physical comedy to a degree that most child actors never will. I really just became a student of it - became obsessed with it, to be quite honest. "

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" I like women who talk smack. "

" For directors and producers, you're not going to get competent performers on your set if they didn't start at a young age and understand professionalism. "

Professionalism

" I'm not one of those kind of people that likes to beat up the past to validate the present. Certain people think that it's cool to make fun of MC Hammer. I'm like, 'Yeah, but you owned all of his records.' "

" People are really into on-demand consumption. I watch everything myself on demand. "

" You need fans in high places, I always tell people. I don't care how talented you are. "

" I will get in my car and get a chocolate souffle at midnight, and a glass of wine, and remind myself that most of my troubles are just in my mind. "

" Writing is still on my slate. "

" I wasn't a kid trying to become famous. I wasn't a part of any Disney Channel wheelhouse. I was basically a black kid whose parents put him into the business so he could go to college. "

" Oh, the first dish I learned to make, I think I was about 10 years old, I made my dad spaghetti and broccoli for dinner when he got home from work, and it was, like, a surprise. "

" The nature of television is that it's a beast with a lot of opinions. I don't consider myself typecast any more than Neil Patrick Harris was as Doogie Howser or James Gandolifini is as Tony Soprano. "

" I always connected renting a car with being an adult. If you think about it, it's the last frontier of your youth. You can join the military at 18, drink when you're 21, but you can't rent a car. "

" Sometimes our awards process can be very political in terms of just driving personal agendas, and I think we forget. "

" As you get older, you start to understand you have to do what you need to do. "

" The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career. "

" I've been in this business 31 years. I've never had a movie deal. "

" There's a bit of hazing when it comes to the youth performers and a disbelief that you're capable of handling dramatic or comedic material on an adult level. "

" I love Italian food. "

" I learned to be on time because, otherwise, you could miss a major opportunity. Also, it's important to live a balanced life, stay healthy, and not waste your money on things like $8 lattes. "

" I really chose a path after 'Grown Ups' of doing different things that I hadn't tried before, and just trying to take on those challenges. "

" We live in an age of sound bites and buzz words. "

" Nobody is going to be more disinterested in your work than your own kid. "