In general, I did what a lot of character actors do: I did it to get girls.

I grew up as a very sarcastic person. I was always the class clown, and to date girls I had to be really funny. I was really skinny growing up.

I was probably 34 when I got my first on-camera acting job, and it was through a friend of mine, who was working as a writer on the show, and I've never been more frightened in my life.

When you're working, nobody's a star. We're all just actors trying to figure it out.

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 always liked to go to Vancouver to shoot, because I think Vancouver's a beautiful city.

I don't know: Why aren't people fascinated by air traffic controllers?