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" A lot of people just ask me about how I can do small budgets and big budgets, but many actors do both. I think the more self-destructive impulse I have is doing so many different characters. "
Doing
Think
Small
" Fox was interested in a different title to 'Independence Day.' "
Fox
Day
Title
" Globalisation is happening so fast it's confusing for people, and tolerance is threatened. "
People
Fast
Tolerance
" I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad. "
Playing
Good
Down
" I co-own the ranch with my brother, and he and his wife are really the backbone of the operation. "
Ranch
Wife
He
" I don't have a favorite fruit. There are things that thrill me each turn of the season. "
Turn
Me
Season
" I do take lots of time off between projects, but when the right thing comes along, I don't like to turn it down, I've been doing this for a decade, and I remember what it was like when I started. You spend maybe five percent of your time actually doing it, and the rest of the time, you're trying to get that five percent. "
You
Doing
Remember
" I enjoy that with theater, you can just go into a room with a paper bag lunch: there're no cables, no electricity. It's the purest experience. "
Lunch
You
Experience
" I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing. "
Top
You
Like
" I planted an orchard when I was 13. The impulse came from wanting to grow my own apples. That and the nursery catalog showed an apple tree with a beautiful girl standing under the fruit. Whether the flavor or the picture that did it, I've been hooked since. "
Beautiful
Tree
Picture
" I really enjoyed doing Albee's 'The Goat.' It's a powerful piece and a really exciting play to do. "
Exciting
Doing
Play
" It's during wartime that innovations happen. "
Wartime
Happen
Innovations
" It's funny: When I first heard they were thinking of me for the president in 'Independence Day,' I just assumed it was a comedy - I didn't exactly think of myself as leader-of-the-free-world material. "
Day
Think
Myself
" It's hard to explain to people how, if you're really capable of providing the right professional work environment, it allows you to get more personal. "
Environment
People
Professional
" I've been lucky to be a part of many blockbuster movies... in which it's hard to get to that level of being memorable, but I still have fond memories of 'Independence Day,' to be sure. There are also many small ones I've had that give me many fond memories. "
Memories
Day
Independence
" I was brought up in a very small town in upstate New York. "
Small
New York
Small Town
" Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy. "
Easy
Trapped
Feel
" Some of the shoes I have are from movies - I have my workman's boots from 'While You Were Sleeping' - while others are shoes I've had forever. "
You
Boots
Had
" Sometimes you fall into the niche of being the confidant guy, or the good-looking guy, or being too charactery, or not charactery enough. "
Enough
Guy
Fall
" Theater has always been most important to my psyche. "
Theater
Important
Been
" 'The Last Seduction,' 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'While You Were Sleeping' did a lot to get me noticed for bigger roles. "
Seattle
You
Sleeping
" There's a point you get to on the stage where you're not remembering lines but living them, and you reach this pure moment which, really, is more intense than what you can achieve in life. "
Reach
Stage
You
" There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention. "
Great
Think
Different
" There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion. "
Accepting
Sense
Everyone
" Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them. "
You
Feeling
Romantic
" With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite. "
Comedy
Want
Story
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