Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce and stuff as well.

For me, with me, making a film is always about humanity.

Sometimes you gotta go with your first instinct. You gotta go with your gut. That's kind of how I live my life, you gotta go with your gut.

Chicago PD has a rule that if you work in Chicago you have to live in Chicago. Some areas don't have that rule.So oftentimes you get people from different environments that get thrown into environments with people that they never spent time with before in they life. On a daily basis or in their personal life. The only access they had to these type of people was through the media.

Acting for me sometimes is taking whatever personal experiences I have and try to apply that [to a role].

ESPN Zone was probably the coolest thing I could do [making "Hardball"]. But Navy Pier was the other thing. I'd take my bicycle and ride down to Navy Pier and just hang out. Try to get a phone number or something. That was my thing.

It may not happen in my lifetime, but if I can play a part in moving things along, then I feel I've done a good job.