12 Quotes by Ian Gomez

As a child, one of my defense mechanisms was to try to be funny. My mom tried to nurture that by putting me in acting class. But I got bored when we stopped pretending to be trees and actually had to work.

I met my wife, Nia Vardalos, at The Second City, and she was chomping at the bit to move to L.A.

We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.

I remember I got an ALMA award for an actor being on three shows simultaneously.

Scott Foley was always fun because he's a very funny guy. So I liked working with him a bunch.

I have a speech impediment because I slur a lot, and they even make fun of me on 'Cougar Town' because there's certain word combinations that I just can't say.

My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.

My mom's family is Russian Jewish, and my dad's Puerto Rico Catholic, so it's kind of a weird mix.

When I got out of high school, I was working in restaurants in New York City, when I heard Bill Anderson from The Neighborhood Playhouse was doing private lessons. I started taking classes, and it was a lot of improv and Meisner and repetition.