To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh.
Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.
I'm forever in debt to Nickelodeon. It made me who I am today.
I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the difference when someone is just laying it on too thick.
I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.
With drama, you need to be laughing, in between takes, 'cause you're going to those recesses of your soul and those dangerous parts. Normally, if you're not an actor or some crazy artist, you don't feel the need to run around in those areas. You keep them separate because it's painful.
Anytime where you're challenged, physically or mentally, you rise to the occasion in different ways.
I think as working actors, it's like sales. You're only as good as your last sale, so you put your all into something and you just hope that from that you can get your next job.
All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.
Acting's not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.
I always had a weight issue since I was a young kid.
I was raised by a single mother.
Inherently, making a movie is tough because there's so much anticipation when it happens - even if everything goes well.
I love '80s movies.
I have a respect for the 3-D computer-generated action movies, but my first love is stuff like 'Lethal Weapon.'
I'm not built for war. I'm built for entertainment. I'm built for jokes - either telling them or being the butt of them.
In life, I'd much rather have people laughing at me than booing me.
I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC.
When you're an actor or any kind of artist, you use your life as something to draw from in every experience.
My favorite actor is Sir Ben Kingsley - nobody is as good as him, in my opinion. I think he's so good as an artist.
