I was the little kid growing up. I wasn't picked on because, honestly, I was fast, so I could run away from the bullies.

I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so proud of that little independent film. I play this young English geologist, and he's such a simple, loving kind of guy. Doesn't talk too much. He's just a quiet guy, and he gets the girl.

I've had so much fun working on 'Shameless.'

I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor was about playing different characters and being a chameleon. That's why I was in the theater.

Any great movie in the old days has a red herring. Hitchcock was so good at that.

For me, the idea of being a successful actor is hanging out with my dogs and my boy, down in Venice beach, and going, "I don't have to audition today. I've got a little respite here."

Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.