Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.

The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.

If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.

One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

I come from a theater family and a theater background, and I come from a philosophy that you respect the space you occupy when you work and you put everything that you have into something.