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Growing up, I didn't know about the Japanese internment camps until I saw a movie of the week as an adult. I remember going, 'How come that wasn't covered in history class?' Moving to California, you run into people whose grandparents lost everything and their businesses and were put in these internment camps.
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This whole thing about announcing stuff and sharing it online is a new phenomenon.
A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, so I get the mail, open it up, deal with it then. My son's homework, or what I get from his teachers, the same way. That way, it's not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.
I get a thrill out of looking at my Twitter following and seeing how big it has gotten.
One-liners that must land perfectly in just the right nanosecond can be terrifying.
I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.
My kids are resilient, I'm resilient, and I guess I am an optimist.
I work out. I used to go to yoga every day. Now I just incorporate yoga into my warm-up and my cool down. I drink a lot of water, and I go to therapy.
Every once in a while, I'll have an acting role that allows me to look at something in my life and work it out.
I read. It affects every decision that I make. Every dollar that I spend, every dollar that I make.
I come from a theater background, so I always like to dissect the scene and try to get some hint about what the author was trying to get at. I still look up the meaning of the name of the character to see if there are any clues in that.
