Quotes

Practice doesn't make perfect, it makes habit.

For my audition, I did a boy version of "Ask Ashley." I didn't hear from them from another year, but then I came back and was given another chance. I did this thing when I was in elementary where I would impersonate animals. My friends thought it was funny, so I worked that into the audition. They ended up incorporating that into the Stuart character I played. [on auditioning for All That]

Danny and I wrote a sketch called "Animal Wranglers," where we played two animal hunter guys who come into a classroom and teach kids, but we end up injuring ourselves and the kids. That started with Danny and I talking about funny ideas after rehearsals. After we spent a night writing the script, we gave it to one of the writers and they invited us into the writers' room to work on it with them. My biggest regret is that I had to leave early from that meeting because I had an English test. [on co-writing sketches for All That with fellow cast member Danny Tamberelli]

[on his favorite character on the show, Complex Interview, 2014] I genuinely loved Coach Kreeton, especially the stuff he would improvise. There was something about how Kel did it that I could imagine everyone thinking it's hilarious, not just the kids it was intended for.

[on his favorite musical guest on All That, Complex Interview, 2014] One time Outkast was on and they did "Rosa Parks." They finished the song and we came out like, "Thanks for watching the show!" And then they replayed the track and the Outkast just started doing the song again for no reason with all of us on stage, so we got to be there doing the song with them.

[Complex Interview, 2014] The fact that I got to be on All That was memorable in and of itself. You don't realize how many other people really wanted to be on the show, so I feel really fortunate.

[on being part of the show's pop culture history, Complex Interview, 2014] It's really cool to see the show carry on. I'm so happy I can say that I was on the same show with Kenan Thompson, Amanda Bynes and Nick Cannon.

[on his All That cast members, Complex Interview, 2014] I looked up to everyone on that show because they were all significantly older than me, besides Leon and Amanda. I took to Danny because he's a musical guy and he taught me how to play the guitar. Everyone gave me advice because they had been there for so long and wanted to see me have a good time. I remember after I did Stuart for the first time, and the audience liked it, Josh took me aside and asked, "Do you like doing this character? Because you're going to be doing it a lot."It was fun hanging out with Leon and Amanda because, since we were out of school, we had to create our own little playground. The show had dressing rooms that were turned into classrooms, so we spent a lot of time together. Honestly, I couldn't see myself competing with anyone because I just always felt fortunate to be on the show.