I loved the theatre-my dad gave me many plays and books to read. The dramatic form just spoke to me.
I have the capacity to express what I feel needs to be expressed. And I try to do what I believe in.
In New York, I much prefer playing older because as characters get older, they get more interesting.
I'm a non-confrontational person. If I order salmon and I get chicken, I'm going to eat the chicken.
When you have Ken Jeong naked next to you when you're doing a scene, it's pretty easy to stay loose.
And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio'.
And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio.'
'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.
I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on.
There's two things I gotta do. One is, I gotta update my resume. And then, I have to call my mother.
It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.
Usually, when I act, I try to forget the words and let them come, and just find my way through them.
I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me.
One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.
I did, I'd say, at least about 80 percent of the rest of the driving, and I had the time of my life.
I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.
I wouldn't mind having another shot at doing comedy, but I'm not sure that's the way I'd want to go.
If I'm going to do something, I really put everything into it and I want it to mean something to me.
I have two skateboards, but I don't get to use them much. I have a snowboard, which I've never used.
So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.
Teasing was big in my family, and there is a wonderful way to tease and make people feel more loved.
I never really made any money and it certainly cost me more to take photographs than I got for them.
My grandparents were from Kentucky - I'm related to Daniel Boone. He was my great-great-great uncle.
Years ago on the set of Gunsmoke I read the book The Holy Science. Since then I have not eaten meat.
To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?
I have a Blackberry which I use, but I am one of those people who can only type on it with one hand.
I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.
For some reason, as time gets short in life, wasting time escaping through entertainment bothers me.
Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.
If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.
You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall.
The hardest thing about being famous? Just working I guess. Just work. The famous part's the luxury.
I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.
If you are halfway smart, and you could really listen to the audience, you could really learn a lot.
I can hold my own when it comes to burping. I've got a good feeling that I could win a championship.
One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
I think that music at inappropriate times with inappropriate volumes can be the funniest thing ever.
Every time I get an injury or suffer from a personal setback, that's exactly what I do: I persevere.
Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.
Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.
You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.
I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.
I actually got a crush on Anne Heche when I worked with her on Huckleberry Finn. It didn't work out.
I have always kept a pretty healthy separation between my work in my film and my life outside of it.
It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.
As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
Probably one of the most surreal moments of my career was acting in front of Notre Dame with a mime.