I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.

When you walk on the set, whatever it is, you commit yourself to the job. You're committing yourself to doing the best you can do with it, no matter what you feel about it, and that never changes.

In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.

For a lot of people, if they're lucky, it begins with somebody who recognizes something in them.

I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately.

I'd never done any film or television. Well, I'd done one little stupid commercial in Boston when I was doing theater, but that was it.