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" I had never really thought about acting as art. You know, growing up in Youngstown, the Rust Belt of the world, it was always just a form of entertainment. Finally seeing it as an art form, I fell in love with it. So I moved out to California, never having visited before. "

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" I always live by the idea that my favorite job is my next one. It doesn't really matter what the content is. "

" It's good to have butterflies. And they always go away. The camera starts rolling and they go away and it's all good. "

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" Every great story leaves you questioning. If all of the questions are answered, and everything is resolved, it's boring. There's nothing to talk about afterwards. "

" My career has gone in such a way that I've gotten to learn that, when you're working with a great storyteller, you don't ask questions; you just trust them. "

" You can't really be picky and choosy for your first lead role. "

" I'm a huge walking oxymoron. People think they're going to get something that's a lot different from what they get. "

" My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work. "

" I am extremely passionate about what I do, and the happiest I am is when I'm on set working. "

" If you don't know there's something better out there, you don't realize that you have it bad. "

" The day Trump got elected, I got off social media. "

" The difference between a regular camera and a 3D camera, for an actor, is really no different except that the turn-arounds are longer. It takes a lot longer to set up a shot because the cinematographer is really trying to set up a whole world, so it can't be more intricate and more beautiful to the viewers, in 3D. "

" I'm not one of those people that pretends he doesn't watch himself. "

" It's just so much more fun to play bad than good. Plus it's just good to get that out of your system so it doesn't show up in your personal life. "

" In a film you only get two hours to do this big arc and so you have to pick and choose your moments carefully, but with television you get to take your time and just take it episode by episode and discover new things. "

" Being able to be on set every single day and actually lead a movie was very humbling but so exciting at the same time. "

" I was always the misfit jock who was with people painting on walls. "

" It takes longevity to earn respect. "

" You appreciate just being able to work because there are so many actors that aren't. You have to appreciate every single job just the same. "

" My greatest fear is failure. "

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" I'm an artist; I love everyone. "

" Bullies really bother me a lot. A lot, a lot. "

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" Going from 'Shark Night' to 'Piranha,' a guy holding a fish on a stick in front of you that they're going to replace in post-production, it's a lot different than seeing this animatronic shark that, if you get caught up in the moment, looks, acts and you sometimes think could be real. "