If you ask anybody about their life, usually the first thing they talk about is how their wife is doing, how their kids are, they don't usually say "My job, my job, my job". It's really true. It's usually about your family.

For me, the most important thing is that I feel comfortable with the actor that I'm working with and I'm able to talk to them.

I was lucky enough to come in at the beginning of the independent film movement, and it's really shaped my life and my career.

What gives you pleasure and joy? Let those be the things that lead you forward in life.

I've always wanted to go where the work was or where I was wanted. The idea that it can be planned is one I let go of a long time ago.

My job as an actor is to try to do what the director wants me to do. I'm going to do everything I can to incorporate that note and make it work. If it doesn't work, I'll try this kind of thing, and "How do you feel about that?" If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to be able to make both of you happy. Even when I was younger, there were times when you have to find a way to make it work for both of you.

In grade school I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the one who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three.