I'm definitely a lover, but I fight when I have to - for something or someone.

I've never been the kind of guy to hype myself up. It's just not my thing.

As an actor, you never want to feel like a tool. You never want to feel like, "Hey, just come here, say this, stop here, look this way," and that's it. You want to have a little input.

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.

I'm a comic book fan.

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

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.