It's because the idea of what's cool is different. When you talk to a girl who goes to regular school, what's cool is whether or not you've been to jail, or if you have a car. If you talk to a girl who goes to art school, what's cool to her is if you do art projects on the weekend with your dad, if you can build something - out-of-the-norm stuff.

Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something.

I work out every day just to keep in shape. I feel like I never want to get stuck in a position where when you need somebody with great arms, you call Anthony Mackie. That hasn't been the calling card for my career, and nor do I want it to be.

I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.

With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.

The choices that we make through our lives, the people who intersect us on our path kind of change what our fated destiny is. So some of us are lucky enough for the choices that we make to keep us on our path.

Even though homelessness reaches into the depths of despair, there's also a pride and beauty in it, as well.