I'm always so inspired by Jeff Eastin's writing.

Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies.

I had a wild imagination as a kid - wild! - and I was outside all the time, swinging around in trees by myself.

Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think.

For me, I look at a pilot and go, 'I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential of the story.' And I also go, 'That didn't work. I could change that. Maybe that works. I don't know. We'll see.' For me, I look at it, as an actor, as what can I improve upon?

I grew up on theater, and honestly, I'm trying to figure out a way with a family and kids and living in Los Angeles to get back to the stage because it is my first love.

Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.

'The Kids Are All Right' is amazing. The performances are insanely good. Julianne Moore is going to wreck you. This is the best I've ever seen her, and I've seen everything she's ever done. I like the story, and I think it's a great alternative to the big summer popcorn blockbusters.

I think when someone knows who they are and is comfortable and confident with that, I think a lot of the typical, aesthetic things sort of fall by the wayside.

Working on TV can be quite insular.

I had a normal childhood where I was able to cultivate my own creativity, and I don't think I would have been ready for this crazy business at 8 years old.

Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.'

I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.

I learned a lot about self-reinvention. How you can be born Milton Sternberg in the Bronx and then become Monroe Stahr in Hollywood.

I've been handling guns since I was a kid.

I remember taking my brother's car out, pushing it down the driveway in neutral in the night, and going out joyriding with friends and getting flat tires and getting busted. My license was revoked by my dad. So, definitely, I was a kid. I was a teenage boy.

I tend toward more adult fare, and I would love to do a voice in an animated film or something the boys could go see, but at a certain point, I made peace with myself about it.

When you work crazy TV hours, you got to have a good sense of humor.

I like endings that let your imagination do a lot of the work.

When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, 'What are you talking about? Go outside and play!' I'm so glad they did.

We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon.

I sort of take cues from my grandparents.

New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.

I like 'Citizen Kane,' I like 'The Godfather,' all the ones that everyone should see, whether you're an actor or not.

There was so much going on in 1936 with the height of the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War and Germany on the move and all of those things. There was a tension in the air.

It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script.

My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.

We didn't get to see a lot of movies in my house growing up, so the first time I got to go to the movies - I think it was 'E.T.' - I was like, 'Oh my God, somebody else gets my imagination!'

I see what kids in the business have to watch. It's tough to do.

I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.

I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home.

My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.

I don't know anybody who walks through life all the time in the doldrums, constantly serious and morose. But that's become what we generalize as drama.

What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title - whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor' or anything actor.

As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.

I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there.

I like to just work with great directors.

I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit.

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.

To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.

I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.

I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.

Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.

I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life.

I'm from a very athletic family, and I thoroughly enjoyed sports as a kid, but acting was a way of expressing myself and having fun. It was something I found on my own.

For some reason, they always gave me a fat suit in high-school productions. If there was a character who needed to be robust, they gave me a fat suit, and I put on a silly voice.

There's a security, a validity of knowing that it's legal. It's hard to put into words. It's just a feeling, I guess - something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you.