I come from the theater, where I got into acting because I love transforming. I love nothing more than to be unrecognizable.

When I got to Los Angeles, I started building cabins in peoples’ yards, building post-and-beam structures and cutting the joinery for those.

Whenever I have a stubborn position on something, I take a deep breath and swallow myself.

I'm very hairy, and men in film and TV are no longer allowed to be hairy.

I won't read a new graphic comic novel until the writer has completed the entire series. I got burned a few times when I got turned on to a book, plowed through it only to find out the author was in the middle of writing the next.

I learned the word non-conformist in fourth grade and immediately announced that I would grow up to become one.

I made an executive decision in college when I learned how behind I was in the world of books, films, and music because of my rural upbringing. I really reduced the amount of time that sports took up in my life.I still have some Faulkner to get through.