On Masters of Sex, especially in the pilot, everybody was showing up word-perfect, and youre expected to show up word-perfect.

I'm also 31 years old. It's not like I'm some kid who can be slapped across the newspaper pages like some harlot.

You'd be surprised. Girls like sensitive, namby-pamby guys.

I wanted to see myself as something different, and I wanted to convince people that I was capable of something other than what they would expect from me.

When you're shooting a network television show it inevitably starts airing a few episodes in, and depending on the ratings and the response from the public, you find yourself tweaking your performance or the scripts go in a different direction.

It's too scary in television. It's scary to sign a six-year contract for something that you don't necessarily know about.

I feel more confident in being able to be funny if I'm comfortable with the people I'm around. When you're friends with them, it just makes it all the better. Plus, shooting a movie, you're sitting on your ass for hours at a time, so if you have somebody there to mess around with and have fun, then it's great.