I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.

I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.

I always think back to the original movies and to those quieter moments where Luke is out in A New Hope, and there are the two suns setting. It is the equivalent, basically, of a farm boy dying to get out of his small town and do something bigger. It's those kinds of universal themes that ground this whole thing in space.

Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.