When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.

What's funny is that male strippers don't wear thongs anymore. They wear flat backs.

I wanted to work with somebody who seemed like he came from the same place that I did, which is that total immersion and learning about the world around, from this very gritty, dark side, and had access to that.

Acting was the only place that I ever felt like I belonged so went for it with everything I had.

I think you can be athletic and intellectual at the same time.

It's tricky when I'm constantly traveling and adjusting to new time zones and trying to also keep up with my workouts.

I play characters who are comfortable naked, but that's something you work up to. I did a play off-Broadway in New York when I was in college. It was full-frontal nudity. It's nerve-racking.