If I could act in theater, my whole life, and never act in film or television again, and just direct the rest of my life, I would gladly do that.

My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck.

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal.

I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor.

Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet.

I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.

I got into a bad jag of movies that helped pay the rent and I thought would help further me along.