Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.

It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

I used to eat a whole chicken every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It’s a mess.

Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.

I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.

Chase your dreams until you catch them...and then dream, catch, and dream again!

Creativity adds signature or aesthetic that elevates passion to purpose and fancy to enchantment.

Most things look better from a distance...And as a matter of fact, so do most people. - The Spook, pg 435

TV's "real" agenda is to be "liked," because if you like what you're seeing, you'll stay tuned. TV is completely unabashed about this; it's its sole raison.

It is largely on television and radio that real probing of what politicians are up to has to happen.

I don't really believe in good and evil. I never had. I think it's enabled me to open my mind.

People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.

I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready

Houllier did what he had to do – I’m not the first person to be treated like a disposable commodity

My indulgences are Skittles and rum raisin ice cream.