“My father took me and my about-to-be-traumatized friends to Stanley Ku...” — David Hewlett Quote

My father took me and my about-to-be-traumatized friends to Stanley Kubrick's '2001' for my 10th birthday party.

I adored my years playing Rodney McKay and I would jump at any chance to reprise the role!

You had to do some club after school and it was either the sports or the intellectuals. And right smack in the middle was the acting thing for all the outcasts, which I fell into pretty easily.

So I think the popularity of the Internet at the same time as the show made a big part of this sort of groundswell of support for 'Stargate.'

If I ever write an autobiography, 'Hilariously Unhappy' could very well be the title.

I remember it was Dr. Seuss' birthday, and I got to read to the little ones and that was just an awesome experience. I remember when I was a young knucklehead and having that access to an after-school program in my community. It's something that hits home to me and something I wanted to always be a part of.

I love my birthday because it's lined up as doubles: 11/11.

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.