I did so much theater, where everybody I worked with was so much better than me, that I just sort of learned.

I just don't feel like - I've never felt like - part of the entertainment industry. I still just feel like I'm trying to work my way in. And that's weird.

I just don't feel like part of the fraternity of actors. I do geek out. All the time.

I've worked with Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks. I've worked with some really good directors: Woody Allen, Paul Schrader... My God, I've really worked with a lot of people. But I'm intimidated by them, and I'm always thinking, "Oh, my God, he's not going to like me, and I'm going to get fired."

I was selling real estate at the time, in Pacific Palisades, California, so imagine that: getting a note and a bottle of champagne from Jack Nicholson when I'd barely made a dime as an actor. It really kept me going.

I can't emphasize the immediate panic that would set in when I had to audition. I can't believe I did it.

I started just naturally turning into a nicer person, and it actually helped broaden and lengthen my career.