- "I think the movies people will hold onto are the Rushmores and the Being John Malkovichs. Those are the kind of films I want to do; that’s what I’m passionate about."
- "As a child my best friends were tropical fish. At elementary school I was a bit of a troublemaker, I’d end up getting sent to the principal’s office. There was a big fish tank there. I spent so much time in that office I got to know those fish real well."

- "I can do the Chipmunk voice and impressions of Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds and Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. I could probably do the whole Von Trapp family."
- "You never know when you’re going to have to dress up like a milkmaid from the 1600s."
- "I was labeled a ‘theatre type’ in high school, which made it hard to fit in and feel part of things." (I feel you there, Zooey.)
- "Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That’s just the greatest feeling."