I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway.

I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway.

I just don't want to be bored. That's the only criteria I have when I choose a role to play. I like it if the script is good and the director seems like he's gonna be good. But if I can find a variety of things to do, which I feel like I manage to do, as far as the actual performing goes and the character, that's huge for me. To be able to feel like I can do a fairly diverse array of things. I've been lucky in that way. I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice.

I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

I'd like to have permanent time off, really. The goal is financial security and permanent time off, basically.

I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.