James Wolk

My mom is an art teacher and my dad owns a women's shoe store, so they're not actors by any means. Well, I guess to sell women's shoes, you have to be an actor.

Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.

I started in theater. I would liken sitcom work more to theater work than I would, perhaps, to dramatic television. It's so quick. It kind of feels like the pace of a play.

Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you.

I'm not a very sentimental person, so you're not going to find schmaltzy scenes in my movies.

In all animation, if it's done quickly, you'll know it. And if you're very slow and careful with it, it's going to look a little more beautiful. It's just compressing time into seconds.