Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the joy and frustration in life. I'm finding as I get older that I don't mind, though. It's the surprises that tickle me the most, the things you don't see coming.
I find that it's best to take one step at a time and cross each bridge as they come to you.
I put my best foot forward to make the best impression I could have, and it's been serving me well ever since.
I find if you can look in the mirror and see something other than the face you see every day, it can free you up in terms of who you play. Wearing a mask can free you up.
Making television is difficult. Making any art is difficult.
I did a play back in 2005 called 'The Pillowman,' which Martin McDonagh directed, in which, at the very end of the run, I caught a case of shingles. I had something burst on my forehead, so I actually have a mark on my forehead from that experience. But it's also an internal mark as well.
I'm just grateful for the opportunities that have come my way.
There's a lot of noise in the world. And one of the beautiful things about doing theater and film is the absence of that noise or, perhaps, the adding of that noise where it's helpful in telling the story. I'm always trying to get rid of that noise. The more you do it, the better you get.
When I try to go with what's happening and embrace that as much as I can, it seems to be a much smoother journey for me.
You never know what is going to happen in your life.
I just feel like I am a really lucky guy who these talented directors have found places for me. I feel honored and blessed.
I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time.
I'm glad to have work.
I had been acting since I was a kid. I had done 35 plays in New York before 'Serious Man,' but you never know what putting one foot in front of the other is going to do.
I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets, but I wasn't allowed to just build the sets unless I auditioned for the play. So I auditioned for the play and was thrown into the chorus. During the course of that I fell in love with it, and I never really turned back.
I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set yourself up for more of a battle.
Doing film and television demands a kind of simplicity. If you think something differently, the camera will pick it up.
Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else.
My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.
I miss California... I love driving.
