As The Lead Of A Movie, You

It Makes It Really Hard To Just Go To A Dinner Party Because, In My Work Life, I'm Surrounded By The Funniest People, Ever. I'm Really Spoiled. I Laugh A Lot, In My Day.

Sometimes Acting Is Really Cool Because It Forces You To Exercise Certain Muscles In Your Personality That You Wouldn't Normally Be Called Upon In Life.

I Knew I Wanted To Be An Actor, And I Didn't Necessarily Need Or Want To Be Famous Or A Celebrity Actor. But I Wanted To Be Somewhere Where There Would Be No Ceiling On What I Could Accomplish, And I Felt Like If I Stayed In St. Louis I Might Have A Really Great Regional Theater Career Or Something, But That I Wasn't Going To Be Able To Get Much Further Than That. And It Felt Like New York And L.a. Were The Two Places Where You Could End Up Being A Tv Star Or You Could End Up Doing Regional Theater, Which Would Have Been Fine As Well.

With "the Office," They Said, "we Don't Want Anyone We Recognize, So Give Us Unknown Actors," And I Think That Was The Break That I Needed. Because I Went In And I Got The Role.

I Don't Know If This Is True Of Everyone, But I Have This Relationship With My Parents Where, Despite However Mature Or Articulate Or Grown-up I Think I've Become, As Soon As I Go Home, I Turn Into This Petulant 13-year-old, Especially With The Tone Of My Voice.