I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something.

Film sets are a strange place, but an exciting place. I do love my work; I really enjoy going to work. But if you just spend all your time on film sets or even on stage, you can become a Michael Jackson figure, living in your own little universe.

Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet we get treated as though we're important.

Distance is a bad excuse for not having a good relationship with somebody. It's the determination to keep it going or let it fall by the wayside; that's the real reason that the relationships continue.

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.

I wanted to be a missionary and work abroad, but girls started to become a bigger part of my life around the time I lost interest in the priesthood.

Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.