I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?'

My dream is to be able to make something in Baltimore that's just there. Make a movie or make a show there. I only left because there wasn't any opportunity except being an extra in Barry Levinson or John Waters movies.

I don't want to be labeled one thing. My main thing I care about is being able to create the things I want to do with my friends, whatever platform that is.

I love stories, and as I got older, I realized how important what happened yesterday is to how you try to make your present better.

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy.

I defuse everything I can with it. Humor is such a great shield.

I worked with the Groundlings, doing sketch comedy and improv at a theater here in L.A. It was my hobby, but I took classes and stayed passionate about it because it's what I wanted to do. It just fit. It takes a while before you can actually make money at it. I worked for years.

A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of thinking about.