20 Quotes by Kal Penn

The thing that I enjoy about being an actor and the thing that I enjoy about the arts in general is the ability to make the audience feel an emotion that they weren't intending to feel before they went in.

I was a vegetarian when we shot the first film(Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle), and I generally eat organic as much as possible. I know this is so disappointing to the audience, which is why I don't talk about it a lot, but I don't smoke weed, I don't eat fast food.

Growing up, I always had two interests and two passions; one being public service and the other being the arts and acting.

I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it's repulsive. But it was the first time I had.

The thing that I enjoy about being an actor and the thing that I enjoy about the arts in general is the ability to make the audience feel an emotion that they weren’t intending to feel before they went in.

I’m also politically independent so I’m not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in ‘The Namesake’ really was my dream role in many ways.

Cable news is more titillating to talk about who’s up and who’s down and all that nonsense as opposed to what’s actually done.

I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it’s repulsive. But it was the first time I had.