You've got to make the most of where you are. Then, when you're somewhere else, you've got to have the ability to fulfill that.

David Fincher is a longtime friend. As a director, my wife had worked with him as a makeup artist when he would do Madonna videos years before, and his child and my oldest child were in preschool together, so we're kind of dad-friends through that, too.

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

I had this thing about hanging out in dark theaters. My family thought I grew out of a rock.

Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I've always been able to support myself since then.

I was always enjoying the moment. Acting, writing, looking for roles and getting involved with people and trying to create something that would be entertaining to people. With 'E.R.,' we were all very lucky to get this combination of people together in the right story in the right way to take it to the level it has reached.

Be what you are. Don't change yourself for anything. God made you that way for a reason.