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" Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background. "

" Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up. "

" Am I an anxious guy? I think I have been called upon as an actor a lot to access emotions like that. But I don't really think I am a big worrier. I don't see myself like that. But I guess other people do. Which is maybe worrying in itself. "

" Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear. "

" As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money. "

" 'Capricorn One' just seemed like... wow. That was it, y'know? Nothing was ever going to be better than that movie. "

" Do you know Don Coscarelli? 'Bubba Ho-Tep?' That's one of my favorite movies in the world. And I love the 'Phantasm' movies. "

" Growing up, I didn't know where I was headed, except to the grave or maybe to the gutter. I went through wanting to do a lot of things, but acting wasn't one of them. "

" Honestly, I never wanted to be more than a good supporting actor. Really, I enjoy it. "

" I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there's a limit and if you go there, you get into a very different kind of movie, man. "

" I consider myself an atheist. My wife is Jewish. And I'm fine with my son being raised as a Jew. He's learning Hebrew and is really into it. I will talk to my own son about my atheism when the time is right. But there's a great tradition of Jewish atheism, there are no better atheists in the world than the Jews. "

" I definitely had a top-notch education. "

" I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I don't like. "

" I did a movie called 'American Splendor', based on the comic book writer Harvey Pekar. "

" I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor. "

" I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do. "

" I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice. And I feel like I manage to. "

" I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it. "

" I don't really have any opinion about my performance in 'Big Momma's House.' "

" I don't think film actors need training, really, but I needed any help I could get. "

" I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly. "

" If I play a more aggressive, stronger guy, I often go through my day feeling a bit better than when I play somebody who's not. "

" I get tired of myself pretty fast. "

" I have the mentality of a supporting actor. "

" I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point. "

" I like playing weird, kind of shady people. "

" I like to work - I probably work too much. "

" I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt. "

" I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something. "

" I'm not a big wine guy. And bars, I never go to bars anymore. It's such a drag, man. "

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