In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've never really understood.

For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.

I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else.

Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.

I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.

The people who believe that their soul is being crushed by playing a particular role need to take a vacation or check into the looney bin for awhile.

The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.

I love the process of acting, simply because I like to play make believe. But for me, it is purely make believe and it is a process of playing.

I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.

Education enlightens our minds to see the world with new lights.

To be able to die consciously, we need to prepare for death while we are still living.

Fashion's not about looking back. It's always about looking forward.

Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies.

The best way to offset tension is with physical activity.

You're walking by the tomb of Battiades, Who knew well how to write poetry, and enjoy Laughter at the right moment, over the wine.

If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.

I really have fun doing music for visuals and stuff.

I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens.

My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled