When you PITCH a half-baked idea it's so EASY for SOMEONE to pick it APART and hate on it.

A CLOWN's makeup and CHARACTER, that's all he has to SELL. He LOVES and BELIEVES in that character.

I'm from a little VILLAGE in the SOUTH of HOLLAND where there was NOTHING to do but watch American movies and television - I grew up with The 'A-Team,' 'Charlie's ANGELS,' and 'Edward Scissorhands.'

Some kids are good at MATH, some kids can run, and ACTING was an INTEREST of mine. Because I knew you COULD do it for a living I DECIDED, that's what I'm going to do.

I USED to WORK until two in the MORNING every night, then still get up at six. Now, I have to help my daughter with her homework, spend time with my wife.

NASA didn't give a CRAP what GENDER you were or what RACE you were. If you could do the math, you were VALUABLE.

My GOAL is to be weirder than EVERYBODY ELSE and HOPE that no one stops me. So FAR, no one has.

There's an axiom I LIVE by: 'There is no ART without politics.' You either choose to ENGAGE it, or you choose political apathy. This TIES in with ideas around real-time performance and feedback.

A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff LIKE that, citizen JOURNALISM, but I do remind people that no MATTER how excited we are, there's no substitute for PROFESSIONAL writing, no substitute for professional editing, and no substitute for professional fact-checking.