I saw School of Rock, and I was like, why haven't I worked with Richard Linklater already? Then by the time I got him I was like, I'm really pissed off I feel like you owe me some retroactive swag. He gave me the 10-year anniversary "Dazed and Confused" T-shirt, which I still wear with relish.

The audience can feel the subtleties of the characters.

I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair.

Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?

I'm not used to feeling like I belong where I am.

I guess the main thing is, you unconsciously take things for granted, and you think the audience is with you, because you're with yourself.

I don't like words coming out of a character's mouth that I adore because not only is he a little bit duplicitous but he's kind of practical in the way he thinks, and he thinks in terms of everyone's humanity and how quickly we can go against what we think we meant when we said it or what we believe or blah, blah, blah.