I think that everything's hard now anyways, so you might as well do stuff that you love and believe in.

It's incredibly, incredibly difficult to get a movie made.

I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.

You're curious about someone, or why they're doing what they're doing. Because everyone who gets to work in this field is so lucky, and it's such a rarified world, I understand that. At the end of the day, I'm interested in demystifying it.

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that.

I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.