I started drinking Scotch just to be a man.

There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care.

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.

Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt.

My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.

I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.

I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.

I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.

Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows.

And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.

I feel like Hollywood is a big high school again. Seriously, Ashton Kutcher is the prom king.

See, those who wield the primordial forces of creation have a long-running grudge with physics.

There is a gift in experiencing so much tragedy of life from a young age, you gain the wisdom earlier to make better choices for later.

All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.

It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.

The best way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

Poetry and art are the breath of life to her.

If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases.

Stop the nurse like the monkey.

I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun.