David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times.

Reed Scott is really good at coming up with insults.

After school, I was planning to jump from regional theater to regional theater.

My first job in L.A. was actually playing an employee in a Best Buy commercial, but I played a bad employee at another store. I also worked at a commercial casting company running cameras and session directing.

I am uneasy about having scientific exploration depend on profit-making companies.

I actually was a good student, but I never applied myself 'cause I was always like, 'I don't love doing this.' I wasn't passionate about school. I always got a B just to pass. But what's crazy is I got a 29 on my ACT test without even studying. So I was always, like, just smart - but never really cared.

I had already been making music for my whole high school life, and '10 Day,' which took me a whole year to finish, was about working with a lot of different producers and learning all of the aspects about being a rapper, from shows to recording to studio etiquette to marketing.

E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later.