The best piece of advice I ever had was from my sister who told me to get a dog. I have four now and they have changed my life. Having dogs makes you into a less selfish person. You have to pay attention to these other beings and they become your best friends and brighten up everything in your life - they force you out of the door in the morning, because you have to take them for walks.

I try to break a sweat every day. It doesn't always happen that way, but that's the goal.

I love uplifting television.

T-shirt and stretchy pants? Yup, that's fine. It's pajama-y, good night.

Hour-long TV is no joke. It tests you as a human being. It makes you a stronger person, but it's really crazy.

I think we felt the pressure more at first than this time around. But still you don't want to let anyone down. I never even met Patrick until we had a Christmas party at Ian McKellen's house on the first movie and then I didn't see him again until the premiere.

Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.