I used to have to think about awful things to get myself emotionally connected to something.

I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.

Everybody wants a sensational story.

I like the guy who reads. Being articulate is something that's very important to me. But you need to know how to chop wood and fix a car and do guy things. I didn't grow up with spectators. Nobody was a spectator.

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

Im from northern Virginia, but I grew up next to the West Virginia border, so it was hills and farmland. We had that sense of adventure you get from growing up around old farmhouses and lazy, rolling hills, you know?

I think the first couple of times you do make-out scenes, you psych yourself out and it's really nerve racking.