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I had my hustle. It was whatever I could do to not end up working in a factory. If I had to shake it like a showgirl, I was going to do it.
... Nashville is such a fantastic city, with this great creative music energy. Then there's that Southern hospitality, you can't beat that.
Most of the stuff I've written has never even gotten made. It's par for the course. It's a great living, but it also gets very frustrating.
I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer. It's always been easy, the legalese.
I am not the greatest actor in the world, but the reason I keep working is that I work hard and show up every day and be easy to work with.
I bought a pair of Carpe Diem boots, which were completely unnecessary and hideously expensive, but they make me feel quite fine and dandy.
You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic.
You spend most of your time as an actor unemployed, so you're not going to hear me complaining that I haven't had a day off in three weeks.
I didn't fill it up with movies every time because I was trying to just film one damn movie, but that's the heartache of independent films.
My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown.
Being an accompanist is very selfless in many ways because you're really just trying to elevate the singer and help them shine, ultimately.
As an actor, you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you.
I've been into weight training for many, many years and you add to that a good dose of cardio, don't overindulge, and you can do all right.
I'd love to do Broadway some day. Before I started doing television I was just a primarily a stage actor, but I haven't done it in a while.
I'm the leader of the platoon and I run gambling and lotteries, dances and I sell beer illegally. I'm a con man and I'm thoroughly lovable.
You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!
There is something going on now in Mexico that I happen to think is cruelty to animals. What I'm talking about, of course, is cat juggling.
Acting is like racing, you need the same concentration. You have to reach inside you and bring forth a lot of broken glass. That's painful.
If it's time for your character to go, it's time for your character to go - you know what I mean? That's it. It doesn't matter who you are.
I'm a big 'Breaking Bad' fan - if I'm not in the script, I like to experience the show with the rest of the world. I'm ready to be shocked.
I think the beautiful thing about acting is you don't really know who you are. You're able to be whatever you want any day during the week.
For me, whenever I'm physical it spins my mind and whenever there's a lot going on I put my gloves on or I wrestle somebody and I feel zen.
I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.
I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.
My name's Todd but I changed it in the first grade because there was another kid named Todd and I didn't understand that that was possible.
People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.
There's no particular formula for 'Lost.' I mean, I think there were a few attempts to follow it and copy it, but it's a one-off, you know?
The best thing that happened during the filming of Out Cold is that I forged a friendship with Lee Majors that endured for almost 12 weeks.
People go on Snapchat - I don't understand it. It's the first app I felt, 'Oh no, I'm out of touch with burgeoning technology. I'm not 16!'
I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.
The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and allowed me to come in.
When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.
It sounds cliched, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good.
People are just way too sensitive. You couldn't have a show like 'Archie Bunker' on TV. People would go crazy; they would lose their minds.
Half of acting is you're very intimidated, overcoming your fears, letting yourself be vulnerable in front of people and that sort of stuff.
I've been lucky to do the job I do because I've travelled, and that's probably the best perk of the job... well, that and the free lunches.
I literally would have been the guy that would have played pro ball until they came to me and said, "Go home, you don't work here anymore."
I bought a former library, not because I have a lot of books, but also I like architecture, and it was built in 1965, and I like gardening.
I've never been tall. So it's not like I was six-foot, got paralyzed, and now I'm in a wheelchair. It doesn't really faze me all that much.
I trust people who are violent about art, as long as they aren't closed-minded. But, unfortunately, most art blowhards are also art bigots.
'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.
My first gig in the business was a guest star on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' so I'm neck deep in sci-fi. It's been a very good genre to me.
Somehow I got a place at Bristol University. I'm still waiting for the phone call to say that they made a mistake and got the wrong person.
In all your life, you will never find a method more effective in getting through to another person than to make that person feel important.
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
When you side with a man, you stay with him. And if you can't do that, you're like some animal. You're finished. We're finished. All of us.
That's a very important thing in life, to be really looked upon for the qualities which you hold in yourself and not all of superficiality.
One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility.