I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

I light candles because I want to have candles lit, not because I need to see!

So I take a little sleeping pill, pop it and realize nothing's happening - but something else was happening.

The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.

I'm able to really enjoy the wonderful things happening to me and that's a great blessing.

I love my small town, and I love going back there and supporting the community. But I could not have stayed there. No way.

I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.