I'm not a movie-based person, in terms of how it affects my career, the industry. I don't care about that. I probably haven't been too smart about that.

A dirty word in the film business right now is intelligence.

I went from a guy, kind of a working actor, a supporting player, to magazine covers and being offered the studio pictures really quickly. Nobody was comfortable with it. I wasn't really comfortable with it.

It really comes down to the fact that, because I was perceived as a bad guy for leaving the show, I think people were rooting against the movies. That was really unfortunate.

Having a little boy has taken me to a very deep place. I am starting to realize everything I ever worried about was such a waste of time.

In Hollywood, if you have any success, you have this fear: What do you have to do to hang onto it?

Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job.