Parsons: "As a human being, you know that there are some days when you'd rather not talk to anybody - but I can't really do that anymore without appearing rude."

Parsons: "Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never.'"

Parsons: "It's a shame, but every time I get something scientific in the script, I read up to find out what I'm talking about - but then I'm on to the next script and it's forgotten."

Parsons: "I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you're stuck."

Parsons: "There's no audience to wonderfully get in your way when you're doing a single-camera anything, whether it's a sitcom or drama or film. And I do mean that in the best way."

Parsons: "I did have a Twitter account that I tried for a couple days, but found I had nothing to say. There are some interesting facts I could share, but I don't want to share that part of myself."

Parsons: "I was very average in the social label scale going through school. I was neither the coolest person in school, nor did I suffer the slings and arrows of being made fun of to such a degree that I couldn't get through the day."

Parsons: "When suddenly everybody is guessing, or some even getting close, to the ballpark of what you're earning - well, that's interesting, that everyone knows what you make."

Parsons: "I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy."

Parsons: "I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct."

Parsons: "I grew up with two different parakeets - one that lived for five years, and one that lived for 13 years - so I always had a bit of an attraction to birds and it's an oddly good fit to be in a movie about birdwatchers."

Parsons: "Once, I lived in an apartment with a skylight in the bathroom. Every winter, it would snow through the skyline, but we got a discount because of it."

Parsons: "Being in TV, we get to do it again and again until it's 'right.' There's a part of me that likes the other way, that aspect of theatre where there's no chance to go back."

Parsons: "I have never been an activist for anything."

Parsons: "It's made it easier to communicate important issues, but I wonder if connecting with millions of people online is ever as arresting to someone's attention as one man standing and screaming in front of City Hall."

Parsons: "My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies."

Parsons: "I was a very shy child."

Parsons: "The whole time I've been an actor, from early in Houston, my goal has been to work - to keep doing it. I feel at my most satisfied as a human being when I'm working on a role."

Parsons: "I couldn't tell you a good, bad or ugly pilot just from reading it, but I can tell you a character I want to play."

Parsons: "Apparently, all I do is walk my dogs. In L.A., I have more of a yard existence, and so I enjoy walking my two little dogs in New York - one's a Maltese and the other's a Shih Tzu."

Parsons: "My hiatus timeline is so minimal, there's only a select number of projects that I can go in for."