Growing up in New Jersey, bat mitzvas were all about the elegant parties.

Female comics cannot dress provocatively on stage.

I do believe that it's something that we don't talk about, but when there are clearly defined gender roles, it is much simpler. Because you don't have to think, which people apparently don't like to do.

I worked at Military Media, an advertising agency for military-base newspapers. Don't ask, I won't tell.

Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.

I would love to play a normal human being with a little bit of a comedic bend that had a love interest. I would love to explore comedy, like a half-hour kind of single-camera comedy. I think that would kind of suit me best.

If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.

I always thought that the film would be successful if we captured Harvey Milk, like the way Harvey really was-the personality, the humor, the corny bad jokes, all of it.