Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of looking good. If you don't establish yourself as McDreamy then you don't have to live up to it.

I have expanded my mind and destroyed my liver but I didn't give up.

I'm not the biggest fan of comedies where nothing is real.

You cannot let a fear of failure or a fear of comparison or a fear of judgment stop you from doing what’s going to make you great. You cannot succeed without this risk of failure. You cannot have a voice without the risk of criticism and you cannot love without the risk of loss.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.