“I did about 10-12 national commercials and then got one line parts in things like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and the show 'The Unit.' Got a little part in the movie 'Redbelt' by David Mamet and kept slowly grinding up and then started getting bigger parts in independents and getting noticed by Liz Meriw”

“There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness.”