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We just sort of thought a Web series would be a cool thing to be able to send to our parents to show them that we were, in fact, actually doing comedy.

I definitely started to perform a little bit in middle school, but not the typical musical/play route. I think that I am funny, but it was more of a social thing, where that was my part in my circle of friends.

Everybody has will - you just have to gather it. And I guess you choose where your inspiration comes from and give yourself that permission.

I'm really inspired by the power of the individual. People like Gloria Steinem.

Female-driven shows have to be every single thing and are constantly criticized in a way that male-driven shows are not.

I would love to be at a place where a girl character can also be a role model for young boys.

What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and is funny versus something that makes you hysterically laugh.

I recently saw this home video where my brother is playing this character Arsenio Grimley, who is a mix of Arsenio Hall and Ed Grimley - which, clearly, is my parents' doing, because he's, like, 10. He's the host, I'm every guest, and then my dad is Elton John. That was a Saturday night.

I'm not a political comic.

Art school can be a wonderful place if you're trying to find your voice and your style and your taste.

I love Maira Kalman. She's an amazing illustrator and writer. I've loved her since I was in college, but when I moved to New York and experienced the same city she was drawing and writing about, I developed a whole new appreciation. Her work made me observe everything so much deeper and more joyfully.

I really admire people that do more than one thing. That's sort of the goal, right - to be an artist that can work in any medium. That's what I hope for my career.

It's very natural and simple to me, drawing, because I've drawn since I was a kid. It's just the most normal thing for me to do. And it's very meditative.

I really want to continue doing art. I would love to go back to doing paintings one day.

Sometimes the art world can be a scary place, and you feel like you should know more than you do, but it's okay to not know everything!

I find the most normal things about famous people to be the most fascinating.

I sometimes worry that maybe it's better to be really good at one thing than be okay at a couple things.

I find young people talk about what they want to do, which is great because you get to form the words, but its also like, you gotta just get in there.

I drew a lot. I always had sketchbooks. My parents were really great about any gift-giving holiday - birthdays, Hanukkah, Christmas - it was always art supplies for my brother and I.

I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts.

I will say that a lot of art, some of the best art, has very powerful and meaningful messages behind it, and the more you read the stuff on the walls, the more you learn the artist's intention, and you have a totally new point of view of what it's about.

If anything can be art, then anyone can be an artist.

Museums are interesting. This place where we're almost buying admission to take a break from our lives.

Man, Amy Ryan. I have geeked out so hard for her - to her face! There aren't a lot of people that can cross those lines of drama and comedy so seamlessly as Amy Ryan.

I'm a big Sephora fan.