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" Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky. "
Creative
Insecurity
Me
" A live action movie is work, and an animated movie is you showing up in your pajamas once every three months, or in my case, just a splash of baby powder. It's not any kind of heavy lifting. "
Live
Baby
Action
" A nicely fitted two-button suit is the best thing any guy can have. Guys are lucky: We can wear a suit over and over, just with different shirts and ties. "
Over
Just
Different
" Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them. "
Someone
Great
Intelligent
" Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up. "
You
Any
Crisis
" A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft service. "
Guy
Craft
More
" Are you stalking me? Because that would be super. "
You
Because
Super
" As a kid, I think I wanted to be the on-set dresser for 'Charlie's Angels'. My goals weren't lofty. No. I just wanted to someday quit my paper round and that was about it. "
Kid
Think
Angels
" A well-tailored suit is important - and I don't like wearing belts with mine - it should be tailored to your body. "
Suit
Your Body
Like
" By the time I came to L.A. I'd already cried on movies of the week with two of the women from 'Knots Landing'. "
Two
Knots
Movies
" Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles. "
Much
Acting
Character
" Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game. "
Me
Never
Game
" Every time I've gotten myself into trouble, it's because I'm choosing a project based on a long-term career goal as opposed to something that speaks to me at the moment. "
Me
Time
Goal
" Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.' "
Eat
You
New
" Fragrance is a very personal gift, and I think that's why it makes a great Christmas gift. There's a very distinct signature to it, so if you give it as a gift, I like to think that it's from a person that thinks very highly of you. "
Christmas
You
Why
" 'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it. "
Because
Glad
Role
" Guys are lucky: We can wear a suit over and over, just with different shirts and ties. "
Wear
Different
Just
" He has such a clear vision of exactly what he wanted out of each character, out of each set, out of each wardrobe change, out of each emotional beat, and action. "
Vision
Action
Beat
" I believe in energy like dark energies. I believe that when a family moves into a house where six murders took place, there's going to be some bad juju in that house. But then again what the hell is wrong with you to be moving in that house to begin with? "
Believe
Dark
Energy
" I can't say I've ever finished a film and been particularly thrilled with myself or patted myself on the back. And maybe that's what keeps me going, and that's a good thing. It speaks volumes about how I perceive myself. "
Good
Me
Back
" I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line. "
Line
Understanding
Cops
" I did as much as I could in Vancouver. You can only play so many ex-'Falcon Crest' sons in so many movies of the week before you burn out. "
Play
Burn
Movies
" I don't get a lot of romantic comedy scripts. "
Comedy
Scripts
Romantic
" I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction. "
Believe
Way
Saying
" I don't think you can help but personalize a role. You almost play to none of the preconceived notions of it. It's more or less a personal experience and journey. "
Journey
Think
You
" I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world. "
Than
Father
Anything
" I find that I get a little depressed if I don't move my body each day, so sometimes it's just as simple as walking, and other times it's training for a marathon or some kind of personal goal that I'm trying to meet. "
Training
Day
Walking
" I firmly believe that you can't manufacture chemistry with anyone, let alone a kid. "
Alone
Chemistry
Believe
" If you ask me to describe my relationship, I mean - words are too clumsy to accurately describe how I feel in that regard, particularly in an interview. It's a strange thing. "
You
Words
Me
" If you're going to commit to that, you're going to have to find some way to make it bearable and enjoyable. "
Find
Commit
You
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