Steve Zahn Quotes

You have to make something good. Just because all the hot actors show up and the money is there and the explosives are ready, it doesn't matter.

Most people laugh at situations rather than a tagline anyway.

I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.

I just planted the family vegetables yesterday. You name it, I grow it.

I've had more people come up to me about 'Saving Silverman' than anything else. That and 'That Thing You Do!' But 'Saving Silverman' is the one I get most often. And I love that.

I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.

I have raised beds, perennial beds, cut flower beds. I have an island on a pond that's just covered in peonies. I have an herb garden, tons of vegetables, raspberries. I have everything. I'm a green guy.

What's hard in movies is to have a consistent tone throughout a movie. Whatever that is.

I love 'Shattered Glass.' It's one of my favorite movies. I think it's just brilliant.

I lived in Minnesota in a small town.

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from Star Search or Survivor or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.

You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom.

I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun.

I love 'Safe Men.' Now it's getting all this culty kind of - it just came out on DVD. That was awesome. I read that script, I never laughed so hard in my life.

I'm not a leading guy.

The werewolf film is a strange thing.

I'm convinced women actually think they can read minds. Like when a woman goes, "I can tell you don't want to hang out with me today." And you're like, "What are you talking about? I actually do!"

PlayStation 3 is another form of meditation. Come on, when you're on set, all day? That's what I do in my trailer, I just play PlayStation 3.

Let me tell you something, planes and kids... I've got a 3 and 1 year old, I don't wish that on anybody.

My sister gave me a big bucket of Cool Whip. Isn't that awesome? For two weeks I basically watched Emergency! and ate cool whip with a spoon.

I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero.

I've done flowers and kicked myself. Flowers are so lame.

I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just want to act.

I love Toronto, I have spent a lot of time up there working. There's a lot of stuff going on there.

I love general history. That's all I read really. I don't read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in an area that's really rich in Civil War history. I live in Kentucky on a farm. A lot of revolution, a lot of military history I love.

I moved to New York to do theater, and I got cast in a play that was funny, and then I was the funny guy. I did a movie that was funny, and then I was the funny guy.