I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways.

People look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful white male

I'm a huge fan of television, and it's a really good time to be a fan of television, because there's so much good stuff out there. In every genre, really.

I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life

It's nice, when the lights come up at the end of the movie, to not be like, "What did I just watch?"

For most people, the authentic things are relationships, friends, and family.