“Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.”

I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.

I’m as far away from technology as possible. But I like to be as present as possible.

I’m such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights.

I was a model for eight years. That’s the deal: People look. But I didn’t like being looked at and never seen.

In the right situation, acting on television can be extraordinarily satisfying creatively. But that’s incredibly rare. Otherwise, it can be like working in a really remunerative coal mine. That’s the down side.

Acting is really only part of my life. I’m addicted to it.

I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.

Acting is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.

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I’m a standup comedian who gets to act. I’m never going to not do standup. I love doing it and when I go through periods where I’m doing a lot of acting work, I still do standup.

It’s not about women acting like man, it’s about women acting like woman and being sucsessful

It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options open.