Really, all religious teachings can be boiled down to: “Just be cool. Don’t be an asshole.

We're cognizant, curious beings, capable of philosophical thought, nuclear physics, repeating Nerf weapons, global consciousness, Glade air fresheners, and sentient automobiles. But we're assholes first.

Just stand up for your principals and be loyal to your friends and family.

My education began in theater school, and it continues to this day. I just continued learning to be a better performer.

My uncles, who are farmers in Minooka, Illinois - I grew up with them and their pickup trucks and mustaches, and to me that was masculinity: big hairy sweaty guys who could pick up a bus.

When I arrive in Los Angeles in the entertainment community, and I use implements like a shovel and a hammer, our society has distanced itself so far from working with its hands that those incredibly pedestrian skills are perceived as somehow being extraordinary.

Your dreams are always going to seem much more profound to you then they are to your friend.