I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you're stuck.
I've been a working actor for many years, but it's not always been successful for me. I certainly struggled in the past.
One of the things I'm always reminded of when I'm back on stage is how much you have to be aware of and in control of. There is no tight shot. There is no 'we're only shoulders-up this time.' No, from the top of your head to your pinky toe, you're telegraphing part of the story the entire time you're up there.
I was very fascinated with meteorology at a young age. I lived on the Gulf Coast and hurricanes blew through there. That is the class I failed in college: meteorology.
I grew up with two different parakeets - one that lived for five years, and one that lived for 13 years - so I always had a bit of an attraction to birds and it's an oddly good fit to be in a movie about birdwatchers.
Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home.
Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never.'
As a human being, you know that there are some days when you'd rather not talk to anybody - but I can't really do that anymore without appearing rude.
To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.
The whole time I've been an actor, from early in Houston, my goal has been to work - to keep doing it. I feel at my most satisfied as a human being when I'm working on a role.
I came from a family in Texas who simply never spoke about money.
I couldn't tell you a good, bad or ugly pilot just from reading it, but I can tell you a character I want to play.
I think in any form of acting, you're always well served if you've done theater.
My hiatus timeline is so minimal, there's only a select number of projects that I can go in for.
There's no audience to wonderfully get in your way when you're doing a single-camera anything, whether it's a sitcom or drama or film. And I do mean that in the best way.
I'm also a big 'American Idol' fan. I think it's just great fun.
It's a shame, but every time I get something scientific in the script, I read up to find out what I'm talking about - but then I'm on to the next script and it's forgotten.
I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy.
When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then I went to undergraduate and graduate school for acting.
I've always loved TV very much, and as a child I was so religious with it, but now it's more when it fits in.
