My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.

Time is weird in your twenties. It's intense, and you feel like it's running out. But you'll get to thirty and see you are still here on the planet.

An actor's career relies on a lot of luck. Being in the right place at the right time.

I was around New York at a time when independent cinema was at its peak and became kind of popular and mainstream. It got some hype, culturally. After that, studios started to have independent companies within their studio system, and they found bigger stars willing to do new material. That's kind of what it's turned into.

I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side.

I've gotten to portray things in [Christopher Guest's] movies that I wouldn't have in others.

My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell.