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.
I think working for the audience, for me, is the most fun. It's really a chance for something to work towards. It's where everything kind of comes together, and you have to make it work. You have all these people who are sitting there, wanting to have a good time and wanting to laugh. You really have no choice but to pull it out.
I might love dancing more than I should admit. But not in public.
Stephen Frears is brilliant and has made movies that inspired me for my whole life.
Surprise is a huge element in acting.
I'm happy to try on as many characters as I can.
I'd say I'm really, really good for a 16-year-old, which is where I peaked. I'm impressive, but not classically trained, not a concert pianist.
I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people.
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.
Being an accompanist is very selfless in many ways because you're really just trying to elevate the singer and help them shine, ultimately.
There's something very funny about giving a menial task to a genius and watching him find so much complexity and overanalyse it to such a degree that the waitress from Nebraska working at the Cheesecake Factory has passed them all by.
Failing passionately is a success in its own right.
My mom is a casting director, which is pretty awesome.
I grew up around the business quite a bit; I saw a little bit of the underbelly of it.
I actually didn't finish NYU. I would have, but I was lucky enough to get my foot in the door before I graduated.
When I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event, and he happened to be there.
I do have sometimes a difficult time watching myself.
I play piano, and I was really, really obsessive about playing piano in high school. I don't know if that's nerdy, but I definitely locked myself in the room and was playing jazz. I was 14. I guess that's kind of cool, actually.
I guess I get really obsessive or passionate about things.
I really like 'Project Runway.' I know it's reality, so that might be kind of faux pas for me to say.
