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I lived in Koreatown for five years, and I lived blocks away from about seven karaoke bars.

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Karaoke, Away, Blocks, Bars

Once I started working as a professional actor, it was like, 'Bye-bye waiting tables, bye-bye bartending, bye-bye all the cliched jobs actors do.' But after a year of not getting work, there's this really difficult conflict, like, 'Do I have to go back to being a waiter when people recognize me from a show?'

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Waiting, Year, Show, Cliched

I love being around cool, fun guys, so I've always enjoyed talking to gay men. Maybe it's because I'm an inherent flirt, but it just feels very natural.

- David Walton

Love, Very, Feels, Flirt

Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

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True, Everybody, Characters, Claims

I graduated from Brown in 2001, moved to New York, and spent a year and a half just looking up 'Backstage' magazine auditions and grinding.

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New, Auditions, Half, Grinding

I have straight married friends that other friends think are gay, and I have gay friends who don't throw that vibe at all. I know there's a full range out there, but I feel that gay men who aren't flamboyant are underrepresented on-screen.

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Other, Vibe, Flamboyant, On-Screen

Teasing was big in my family, and there is a wonderful way to tease and make people feel more loved.

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Big, More, Feel, Tease

The first season of a show is kind of like an extended pilot. You're only really on the map if it goes a second season.

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Kind, Pilot, Like, Map

I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could.

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Responsibility, Avoided, Actively

My first series, I wouldn't even know where to get a clip of it. It was called 'Cracking Up.' It was on 'FOX' in 2004.

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Fox, Even, Series, Cracking

It's always the most fun to play that guy who, like, doesn't have a filter - that really speaks exactly what they're feeling.

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Play, Always, Like, Filter

Just because you get a show and it gets on the air doesn't mean jack. It certainly means that you'll be considered for stuff, but you've got to fight and claw to get every job.

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Certainly, Means, Considered, Jack

Chemistry's a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.

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Chemistry, Know, Funny Thing, Instantaneous

In this fragmented world, with such short attention spans, you've got a couple of episodes to make an impression. And if you don't, you start to lose your audience in a big way.

- David Walton

Big, Couple, Spans, Episodes

In TV, you may think your character's one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different.

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Think, May, TV, Episodes

Boston is so laced with jerseys that you can be dressed head to toe in team apparel and no one will look twice.

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Boston, Dressed, Will, Apparel

Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it.

- David Walton

Immortality, Part, About, Best Part

Jason Katims creates truly relatable three-dimensional people you fall in love with right away. Jason always puts a lot of heart into what he does. He has a way of touching your emotional core in a life-affirming way. And he's a great show runner.

- David Walton

Love, Away, Show, Runner

I kind of go where the wind blows, and TV has just been how I make a living so far.

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Living, Been, TV, Wind

When a character does something appalling but you still want to root for them, I find that the most exciting challenge to play, if you can pull it off. You're not supposed to like it, but you can't help it.

- David Walton

Play, Like, Still, Appalling

I played the guitar in ninth grade. My sister's friend went on a semester abroad, and she left the guitar at our house for nine months.

- David Walton

Nine, Abroad, Nine Months, Ninth

Hockey on roller skates is like MMA in a bounce house: the elements are there, but the medium makes the whole thing ridiculous.

- David Walton

Hockey, MMA, Like, Roller

Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever.

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Clever, Everyone, Makes, Jokes

When I watch a comedy that's just hitting you over the head with jokes constantly, some really hit, but if they miss, you're like, 'Eh.'

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Some, Over, Eh, Jokes

I'm not jaded yet. I'm still at the point where, if someone comes up to me with great energy, I'm happy to meet them.

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Happy, Still, Them, Jaded

The idea of doing a tennis movie is truly unbelievable to me. Well, first of all, they don't really exist.

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Doing, Movie, Unbelievable, First Of All

With a lot of comedies, the characters go on a journey, and they come back, and they're the exact same people.

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Lot, Comedies, Characters, Exact

There's a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don't have the experience to really appreciate it.

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Kind, Young, Very, Young Actors

I think a lot of guys you see - there seems to be this thing where you can have all the fun in the world, but in the end of the day, there's no one to share it with.

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Think, I Think, In The End

I think what's most fun is playing someone who's sort of selfish and in a lot of ways unlikeable, but there's this really big heart underneath it that you get little glimpses of.

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Big, I Think, Lot, Underneath

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