You can only do so many serious dramas in a row before you want to break. You want a change.
Actors get bored.
I think that there are a lot of really beautiful Christmas carols, and then sometimes there are horrible renditions of them that are played to death in malls that make me sad. I try to avoid stores where they're playing bad versions of Christmas songs on repeat.
I don't think I've ever been mistaken for anyone.
I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.
You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.
Actors are all narcissists.
I would love it if 'Community' could have a trajectory like '30 Rock' and choose when to go out.
Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.
I'd say I've gone to grad school for comedy being on 'Community.'
I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'
I have a lot of good stories for talk shows about the conditions in which I worked.
I keep reminding myself, through all the ups and downs of 'Community,' that I might never have another job that really means something to people the way 'Community' means something to people. That's more powerful than ratings.
For me, I really love 'Tim and Eric' and 'Dr. Steve Brule' and a lot of the Adult Swim shows, so I like strange, weird, sometimes slightly upsetting humor.
NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.
It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.
A lot of my friends are guys, so I'm used to bro antics.
I'm not conservative, but I am kind of clean living in my own life.
In Los Angeles, sometimes it's hard to find a magazine stand, let alone one that has the magazine that you want. So I find that the longer I live in L.A., the more digitally I consume.
I am not a big 'Hunger Games' fan.
A movie that I've seen probably the most is 'Fanny & Alexander,' the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don't know how much they liked me that day.
My poor, problematic feet don't let me wear anything much over a three- or four-inch heel.
Hey, I'm nothing but honest!
A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don't think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with.
When I was younger, I was very vocal to the point of being strident in my views.
As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work.
I've gotten super into restaurants in L.A., so I try to go to different restaurants all the time... that's a good way to explore L.A.: you can drive to a restaurant and discover a new neighborhood.
I can't tell you the number of people that are like, 'Has anyone ever told you you look like a blonde Liv Tyler?' And at this point, I'm like, 'Yes... yes, I've been told that.' I mean, she's beautiful. It's not like I'm not totally flattered by it, but then again, I think I look like myself.
Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.
I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and being paid a pittance, and sort of scrounging by in New York and sleeping on a chair that folded out into a bed.
I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.