I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story.

Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives.

Everybody feels like they need a photograph because we're in a generation where, if you don't document it, it didn't occur. So you've got to stop and take a picture with everybody.

As an actor, you are in a unique position because you’re not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.

I'm not into music - the only music I like is musical theater, but I have every Ween album.

I see writing and acting as different parts of the same continuum. Writing is better for intense emotion. If you're very angry about something, you shouldn't present it as strongly when you're acting. But if you're really angry and writing about it, that's the best way to get it out and across.

I don't watch the movies I've been in. I try to stay as little aware of the final product as possible, because my job doesn't really change.