Kal Penn Quotes

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

  Kal Penn

  Art, Growing Up, Passion

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• 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.

  Kal Penn

  Art, Actors, Emotion

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process.

  Kal Penn

  Country, Rogues, Process

  "From Hollywood to the White House and Back to the Big Screen. Kal Penn. The "A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

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• 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 a chance to blow stuff up and take a family hostage.

  Kal Penn

  Thinking, Political, Roles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Kal Penn

  Weed, White, Firsts

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• To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: Be careful.

  Kal Penn

  Columbia, Be Careful, Folks

  "The GQA: Kal Penn". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. November 1, 2011.

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• What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.

  Kal Penn

  Opposites, Creative Space, Yang

  "Kal Penn–From Hollywood to the White House and back to the big screen". Interview with Kam Williams, www.philasun.com. November 6, 2011.

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• I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.

  Kal Penn

  Sports, Thinking, Media

  "The GQA: Kal Penn". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. November 1, 2011.

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

  Kal Penn

  Independent, Fans, Republican

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• My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.

  Kal Penn

  Trying, Lots Of Friends, Jersey

  "Kal Penn – From Hollywood to the White House and back to the big screen". Interview with Kam Williams, www.philasun.com. November 6, 2011.

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• The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's how are your parents doing.

  Kal Penn

  Sports, Jobs, Weekend

  "The GQA: Kal Penn". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. November 1, 2011.

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• 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.

  Kal Penn

  News, Done, Down And

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

  Kal Penn

  Dream, Opportunity, Play

  "Kal Penn–From Hollywood to the White House and back to the big screen". Interview with Kam Williams, www.philasun.com. November 6, 2011.

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