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" I'm a performer. "

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" You know Seth and Evan, they were lead writers for 'Pineapple Express', and they are great at mixing things up. Taking different genres and mish-mashing them up to create something dynamically new. They'll throw comedy at you, but with a dash of horror and fright that is supposed to make you shocked and scared. "

" My father tried to discourage me from going into comedy, mainly because he felt like it wasn't promising. It was pie in the sky. "

" My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.' "

" I'm focused on the work. And now I've done 'Morris' and 'Mr. Robot,' my appetite is whet to go deeper. It's fun, and it's challenging, and it stretches me. I'm not saying I'm done with comedy by any stretch of the imagination. I'm saying, yeah, let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes. "

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" Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of! "

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" I worked with Tyler before on 'Daddy's Little Girls'. He couldn't be smarter or more laid back and cool. He's always throwing out lines and is funny as hell. And he was shining his light on 'Peeples', too, lending his name to showcase Tina as a first-time director, and me as a first-time lead. "

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" That's the most gratifying thing in the world, helping each other. "