I'd probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.

I think for me with theater, I need to take a break and then fall in love with it again. And then go do it again.

With some films you can sort of slide in, get a haircut and you're in.

There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for comedy's sake - it's informed by something else. I like stuff like that

You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy.

From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That's what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.

I think if you play characters, it's very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them, or whatever. You have to normalize the behavior to get inside the character.