Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you?
A lot of a movie is locations, frankly.
I'm very goal oriented.
There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.
It's a job - someone's gotta kiss Jennifer Aniston. The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine.
I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable.
I was a geek in high school.
If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it.
The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine.
There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'
With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!'
I've made a good amount of money. I'm very happy that I can now support my theatre company and support friends and family, and I'm ready to maybe go back to school and change careers.
To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.
I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.
As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job is to actually be looking out all the time and watching people.
The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down.
I really believe that, as an actor, you should be constantly studying other people, and celebrity had the absolute opposite effect on me. It made me want to hide - to run away and hide.
When you're playing the same character for a decade it's natural that there are moments when you want to try something new.
I'm always looking for a good role.
I started in theater. I did theater professionally for seven years with my company before I started doing 'Friends.' I was waiting tables and doing theater.
