People need to know you have to walk through that rejection, and it's only going to fuel you. If you can somehow look at it like it's a gift, you're just going to regroup, and work harder, and go deeper. So just embrace it.

It sounds clichéd, but I think the greatest lesson is to not take things personally.

I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.

All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since.

I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time.

The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.

When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy."