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

I think that's really risky to make yourself unsexy, because the business demands that women be sexy.

I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

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

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.

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.