Kal Penn Quotes & Sayings

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

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. — Kal Penn

To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: 'Be careful.' — Kal Penn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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