Investment banks started recruiting at Harvard back in the day, and they'd fly me down to New York City and I was so poor so I would take advantage of the free flight, the per diem, the hotel. And then I would go audition for stuff.

My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

I play DEA, CIA, FBI, LAPD; I got 'em all.

You know, I'm from the Midwest, man - that shapes my personality much more than having gone to Harvard.

For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true.

You go into any doughnut shop and look at three cops having coffee, I guarantee I look like one of them.

To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.