When I take a role I wonder how I can use it to find out who I really am. I don't think I'm so rare a person.

As an actor, you're never really in control of the product. I think the goal is to create what you want. And if you can get as close as you can get to the creation of something, it starts with development.

Throughout my life, I have held the strongest belief that if you write down what you want to accomplish in your life: your dreams, goals, hopes and aspirations, you are much more likely to achieve them. I have been writing down my goals since I was a kid, and I've had more success than I could have ever dreamed of... one goal at a time.

I have rock climbed but not in awhile. Love all sports, reading, cooking, some carpentry, gardening.

There is nothing like understanding that your work has touched somebody. That is the sole purpose of acting. To be able to move and inspire. If I can do that for one person it is already changing the world and that makes me feel accomplished.

I love talking to all the kids, and have enjoyed the enthusiasm and response from their teachers as well.

I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.