"I giggled out loud at his stupidity. If anyone knew how to make a bed, it was a faggot."

"I can't seem to fathom that the things important to me are not important to other people as well, and so I come off sounding like a missionary, someone whose job it is to convert rather than listen."

"Say what you will about the south, but in North Carolina a hot dog is free to swing anyway it wishes."

"Often I'd take out my magnifying glass and stare into the chaos that was her face."

"The rabbit of Easter. He bring of the chocolate."

"It's safe to assume that by 2085 guns will be sold in vending machines but you won't be able to smoke anywhere in America."

"One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with."

"I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it."

"I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter."

"Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'"

"I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character."

"I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is."

"There's nothing wrong with acknowledging the panoply of life's rich experience."

"Maybe the best things about celebrity are the things like being able to get that seat on the plane that you wouldn't normally get, but that's kind of like cheating."

"If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity."

"You become tyrannized by this notion that women must not only be treated equally, but they must never fail."

"Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships."

"I'm trying to protect what I advertise. That's my stance on any kind of self-expression."

"I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do."

"I love the Lower East Side."

"Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film."

"I feel like I came to acting late in a way."

"In high school and college, I was an athlete."

"I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film."