Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

My father is an anchor and my brother is as well.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

There's such an immediate intimacy with film that you just don't get in theater.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing the bad guy, you want to find the vulnerability.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

I'm an early-morning owl.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

A heroic nature is very Greek.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

If I ever get looks on the street, which, for the record, is almost never, it's rarely because they think I'm someone they saw in a movie. More often someone sees me and thinks, 'Hey, was that guy my waiter the other night?'

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

I don't like being lied to.

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor.