There's a lot of reasons you can think of to say why you act, but I can only say that it just felt good. At the same time, it felt really painful. It's still troubling and stressful to me.

I've just done a movie - Albino Alligator - with Viggo Mortensen, who's an actor I idolize. He influenced me in a way that has helped me move toward getting lead parts instead of supporting parts, merely through his presence. So now I tell everyone, as a joke, that I'm entering my Viggo Mortensen phase.

In this business, you're either Brad Pitt right away, or you're already going down the ladder.

Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative.

I'm an actor, coming from New York theater.

There's been a boiling down of real emotion into a set pattern instead of individualism.

I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience.