It meant so much to me as a kid to see professional theater and hear Shakespeare's words.

I do theater as much as possible, but it's very difficult to manage for me.

Most people know me from 'The Office,' where I played a guy who grunted out three or four words an episode and was kind of a knucklehead, and so I think it's surprising for people to see me do something like this. But Shakespeare is what I grew up wanting to do.

I went to Fountain Valley High School. I remember watching Grove Shakespeare productions here. It left a big impression on me.

There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make.

Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens.