Quotes

On often working multiple projects at the same time: I'm an absolutely manageably amount of busy. All these things are (for the most part) a blast to work on, and I try to never lose sight of the fact that busy is the thing I want to be more than anything. Busy is victory. I try to look at busy as a challenge and never as a struggle, because there's nothing else I'd rather be busy doing.

On Nash from Red Oaks (2014-2017) being a positive MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) character: It's fun to play a character who is a pretty decent representation of my ethnicity. (Nash's) ethnicity doesn't define the role, and he gets to be a full person aside from that, and in fact, because of that. It's fun to play someone that's just a solid representation of your people.

On influences or careers he admires: If you asked me 15-20 years ago, I'd say I wanted to be like Tom Hanks . He was the biggest star, and I've seen all his movies since I was a kid. But now, if you told me I could have the career of someone like Luis Guzmán I'd be ecstatic. There are so many incredible actors who have careers, working in supporting roles, working on sharp projects, occasionally creating their own work, that fame or any of the things that might have dazzled me as a kid don't matter at all. I just want to work on things that are fun to work on.