I hate when things are sugar-coated. I'd rather have the ugliest truth than the best lie.
Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you. '
My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines. Opening night was a disaster. I was so embarrassed. The director made me work backstage for the rest of the performance.
It's really important to be active in your community, whatever community that is. . . find allies and find people who you relate to and who make you stronger as a group.
I got my first job when I moved to Los Angeles. I worked at a coffee shop for five years and it was one of the best experiences I ever had. It was a bunch of actors covering shifts for each other and becoming great friends.
I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the ear, pressure in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and attacks of vertigo.
I'm a total nerd. I love comic books and video games and most of all zombies!
Chess programs don't play chess the way humans play chess. We don't really know how humans play chess, but one of the things we do is spot some opportunity on the chess board toward a move to capture the opponent's queen.
Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic.
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.