To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.

Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror.

Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out.

Dancing With the Stars' is so Middle America, and people take it so seriously.

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.

My father was a doctor.

I have a talent for missing the best and greatest parties.

I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest woman.

A friend of mine had his own theatre company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.

My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but they were tales of segregated and racist America growing up in Alabama and Mississippi, where she came from.

The president is always made fun of.

Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.

I decided sitcoms weren't for me.

I, myself, identify myself as a heathen.