Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

Though there is something cruel about being in Hawaii and you have a computer in front of you the whole time.

Actually, I'm reading a lot of my scripts. When I'm working on something, it's hard to find time. You're always prepping new material. You don't want to be buried in a book. It splits your focus a little bit.

I've always liked boots. I always think it's better to wear a boot, not a shoe.

Any good movie or script usually, if they're doing their job, gives the highest platform possible for an actor to leap off of, and that script was very high up there. It was a very smart, tight script. There was a lot of improv, as well, once we got to the set, but a lot of the original script was also in there.

If I was roped into a seven-year TV contract I'd probably hang myself.

I'm not method or anything like that, but sometimes you get the scenes and you're like 'Really, Damon [Lindelof]? More of this? Can I have one scene where it's a walk in the park?' But he doesn't do that. He puts every character through their paces.