You'd much rather act with a pal, someone you know really well. That way, you can cut all the niceties and go right to insulting each other.

Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.

It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence.

Emotions are the natural result of striving for something. Every single scene has two or more people in it, and nobody wants the same thing, so they are negotiating this one way or another. The result of that negotiation will bring out all kinds of emotional stuff in you.

Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.

I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.

Every scene has two people who want two different things, so there's conflict in every scene. You've got to duke it out, and you've got to get the other person to change his or her mind and do it your way.