I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.
Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.
I feel maybe at times I've just been a bit too desperate to do well, almost tried too hard. But even though I haven't contributed as I would have liked, I've still enjoyed the cricket just as much.
I'm very homework-oriented - I'm a little Tracy Flick-ish.
I knew I wanted to play 'Dr Cox' really bad, which is always a huge mistake because as soon as you want something really bad, maybe you rip up a little bit.
The more you love something, the worse you tend to audition. If you don't really care about something, you kind of nail it.
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.
Between 2008 and 2010 I exhausted myself because I wanted to please everyone.
Sometimes when you push something or you force something too much, the progress doesn't happen the way it should.
