Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.

I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the story.

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

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

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.