I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.

Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet.

Pitching. You're pitching yourself constantly which is probably why there are so many plays about sales. I think also it's like life.

You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.

Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective.

I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.