I love to play characters who are stuffy and nerdy who either then have a dark side or are pushed to a breaking point.
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“I think I'm one of those guys who was sort of always in comedy. I thought of myself - and other people seemed to think of me - as funny from a very young age. I was a very young comedy nerd and I even did sketch comedy in high school and college. I wrote and shot sketches on video and acted in them.”
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