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I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.

I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to 'Talk Soup,' where I was writing and performing for TV.

I was very vocal about what I wanted to do at a very young age. I wanted to be inside of the television set. I didn't know being on TV was being an actor.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're capable of.

I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice.

I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.

I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.