I still live my life the way that I want to live it, and people are very respectful of my space, but they also want to chat, and I quite like chatting.

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.

An actor that tells you that they have real choices between material is, for the most part, lying. There are very few people that have opportunities. But what you do have where I am in my career, is saying no to the things that seem repetitious. For me, I always look for material that allows me to bring my worldview to it. And those opportunities, since the beginning of The Shield, have grown exponentially.

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.