For the record, if you're not a stage actor, climbing onto Broadway and tackling something like David Mamet is not an easy thing to do.

There are so many great directors that I haven't worked with and that I would love to work with.

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.

HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.

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

I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.

I'm in the middle of just trying to impress my nieces, who think I work for the bus company because they saw a picture of me on a bus. I did an independent movie with Mark Pellington (I Melt with You), and then tried to impress my nieces again, by starring opposite Miley Cyrus (in So Undercover). So, basically I'm just trying to get some respect from my family.