By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career.

I don't feel a yearning or a sense of missed opportunities. I don't have many regrets. So that's a nice feeling. To have no regrets and still have enough sense of adventure to take on risk.

My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.

If one of my kids reads a book for school and I can have a conversation with her about the book and I sense that she gets what the book is about, then it doesn't really matter to me if she gets an A on the paper.

The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me.

I don't want people to kick my ass, I just want to get to a point where they can't kick it.

I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.