I feel like with every performance that I see, I get better because I've always thought - while I'm watching people perform - of what I would do.

I'm from Victorville - it's about an hour-and-a-half away from Los Angeles, up in the desert. They call it Victimville because it's kind of violent. It's a beautiful place, though. It's quiet.

We used to do sock puppet shows for my auntie back in the day. Me and my friends would do accents of Englishmen, and we would sip tea and act like we were rich in front of the family, and they thought it was just hilarious, the level of perception that we had about things that we'd never experienced.

Just listening and going back and forth and exchanging ideas with people. It's a beautiful thing. This is what's really important.

Family - it's all about family. Families feeling safe and finding your safe place.

I get really tense during the first draft. Really tense. That's not great for my family, because the first draft usually takes about a year.

Nebraskans are known for giving of themselves and that quality is part of what makes our state such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family.

Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family.