I was going to be a Marine before I was going to be an actor. I was really serious about joining the Marine Corps.
I think, a lot of times in a big city, you're working even when you're not.
I remember seeing my sister in a play when I was very young, and I remember telling my folks, 'I want to do that.'
I've never watched an episode of 'Star Trek.' For real.
The beauty of acting is you just get lost in it. You play the character, and you hope that it works.
I lived in Minnesota in a small town.
I just planted the family vegetables yesterday. You name it, I grow it.
I always gravitate toward the humor in something.
I feed horses and goats and sheep all day and, once in a while, come and talk about movies.
I've done movies where they didn't have enough money to have trailers.
I love 'Shattered Glass.' It's one of my favorite movies. I think it's just brilliant.
You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom.
I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.
My parents were reasoned and deep thinkers. My dad is an intellectual and a literary man.
I remember seeing 'Les Miserables' with the original cast - this was in '87 - and I was blown away by it.
I gravitate to ensemble comedy.
I was in high school, and I was the guy that always got cast in the school play. Theater is huge in high school in Minnesota, and I knew that I was very good at that, and gifted, and I was 'the guy,' but it still wasn't something I ever thought of as 'a job' or something that one could do professionally.
I moved to New York to do theater, and I got cast in a play that was funny, and then I was the funny guy. I did a movie that was funny, and then I was the funny guy.
I've never had the luxury - or the nightmare - of having something just blow up and be this huge success and then have everything thrown at you. Being 'the best friend' lessens the responsibility, 'cause I can still go do another movie after something that doesn't do well.
I met my wife in 1990 when I was on the national tour of 'Bye, Bye Birdie.'
