Who would I least want to hang out with? Probably John Lotter. I guess I have a place of understanding for everyone I've played.

I still consider myself a young actor, I'm 34; I still view it as the beginning of my career. You can get infatuated with acting in a way that makes you less an actor than an acting appreciator.

The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over.

I like working with a first time director. I'm more likely to work with a first time director than I am a second time director.

I frequently gravitate toward characters that have some urgency or soul.

I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try not to worry about my own personal hang-ups and just really concentrate on the work. Because I have such a respect for acting, which is something I feel like I'm constantly learning how to do, that all of my energy is always focused on the acting itself.

I don't spend a lot of time judging anyone I play. Even if their function in the script is to be the villain, I concentrate on what their perspective of the events is. Not even to justify them.