“Anytime I audition for something, it’s always a question of whether or not the people I’m auditioning for understand I’m an improviser and I like to do that, and if they like that or if they just want someone who’s going to do what’s written.”

There was a reason in the ’50s when communism was bubbling that there were a million zombie movies. Because that is the direct allocation.

He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he’s such a huge gay person.

It’s a lot easier to get in and out of a bath. Hot tubs are bad news for actors, man.

I think journalism can come from anywhere, and comedy can certainly come from anywhere.

” What do you mean? What you mean is that they want to look back in history. And so I think it’s only natural for entertainment to reflect that.

For my bar mitzvah, I gave out a mix tape of ’90s grunge – if you got it now, you would think it was the ‘Singles’ soundtrack.

I love Obama. He’s my favorite president of all time. I have a giant picture in my apartment in New York that is of his Chicago Tribune cover, Mr. President.

I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on Episodes.

You kind of have to learn how to adapt yourself, and I felt a really powerful way to do that was to make people laugh.

And then you’ll consume them however you can. For example, I don’t really watch Showtime, but I bought ‘Homeland,’ and I’ve been watching every episode on my iPad.

I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.

That’s what I think is important to remember now and when you hear that slogan, “Make America great again.”

I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy.

I think it’s pretty classic if you look at the way entertainment reflects the country’s status.

You ever spent eight hours acting in water?

I am open to doing anything.

My wife asks me, when I get home from auditions, if they asked how tall I am. And if I say “Yes,” then she says, “Okay, you didn’t get that job.”

He sent me on an audition for a TV pilot, and I happened to book it. It was like complete luck that it happened.

For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That’s a feeling I always have when I’m auditioning.

I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn’t get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn’t get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.

I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

When I am not auditioning or meeting people, I teach myself dance.

In L.A., I’m twice the size – height and everything else – of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.

I was not a girl who grew up buying $100 candles. I was the girl who ran out of gas on her way to an audition.