Once you lose your parents, you get this numbness, this feeling of having to really be able to connect yourself with someone. I depended on my brothers for that connection, but to have that feeling of being taken care of... I lost it when my parents passed away.

With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.

You don't cruise the Internet looking for your name and walk away with a good feeling. So, I never do it.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.

Only connect!