When you do a television show in the States, you get the pilot, and then it's the great unknown. That's the way it is. It's this great leap of faith. It's the Russian roulette of art.

I had never really been around cards.

You're trying to figure out a way to go back in time and spend more time with your father. Who wouldn't want to do that?

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.

I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.

Robert Rodriguez is a genius, and I'm a huge fan of his.

I'm a stage actor. That is what I do.