I was so bad in school that acting gave me some kind of identity and gave me a home.

When you do a movie, you shoot, and then you go away. A lot of the times you walk about from the movie, you say, 'Oh, I get that scene now... Oh, that whole ending - I wish I could have done another shot.'

Probably the best part about being an actor is that you get to be a traveling wanderer.

I don't have much interest in gingerbread houses - except in eating them.

My mom was a dance teacher, so she put me in dance school when I was a kid. I did everything. I used to take ballet.

A lot of acting, as I grew up wanting to do, is kind of like magic... I'm not comparing myself to him in the least bit, but if you knew what Daniel Day-Lewis was doing every step of the way and what he was eating, I don't think when he popped up as Lincoln we would quite believe it.

I did a lot of small black-box theater in New York when I was starting out. I'd get a group of actors together to do workshops and readings. And I ended up directing three or four productions.

For the longest time, I was always like a guy that people would think they went to high school with. They'd be like, 'How do I know you?' After, we'd play a guessing game. I'd say, 'I'm an actor,' and they'd go, 'Oh, what have you been in?' I'd list my credits, and they wouldn't really remember me.

I honestly think comedy is probably the hardest stuff to do.

That is the fun of being an actor. You play all different kinds of people.