A lot of bands mature, which means they get square they start delivering messages. Hey, you got a message, use Western Union.

The first floor could be a restaurant. A good restaurant can survive as long as it has easy accessibility.

My art has nothing to do with servicing collectors, it's for living, for turning on with.

You have to be deviant if you're going to do anything new.

I was 23, and I was in L.A. while on hiatus [as an understudy] from Biloxi Blues on Broadway. The guy that I'd been studying with had been fired for horsing around on stage with Matthew Broderick, and they were really anxious to get me back into the play. So I was in a great situation, and at the time, I definitely wasn't thinking about television

I don't remember what script it was, but at the Monday table read, the [opening] teaser didn't work.We went back and had to think of a new teaser, and [after] four hours, five hours, we weren't landing on anything.And it was probably Glen [Charles] who said, What are we, cowards? You had to do it, no matter how long it took.

I didn't hit one three-pointer in college, and a couple of those were right on the college three line. I didn't feel comfortable much outside of 12 to 15 feet. Now, I really feel comfortable from the wing and the corner area out to 18, 19 feet. I'm going to keep working and continue to improve it.

That's the best way to audition for anything: When your back-up plan is your dream, you know?