I went to school to play sports, but I got involved in theatre in college kind of by mistake. I ended up taking an acting class almost just to get rid of an arts requirement, but I wound up in this wonderful acting class with this teacher named Alma Becker who really saved my life. I was just kind of this knucklehead kid from DC and I was in and out of trouble all of the time. I took a theatre class and she really discovered something in me and I absolutely fell in love with it.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.

I played baseball in college, and then I went to Russia to study acting and played some pro ball over there.

I wanted to be kicked and hit and bruised up and beaten. It became something that was an absolutely necessary part of every day for me.

I mean, I hate when actors talk about how hard their job is. It's ridiculous, because we have the best job in the world.

I think any time you can go after an audience that isn't built in, that's the job.