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" I like 'Citizen Kane,' I like 'The Godfather,' all the ones that everyone should see, whether you're an actor or not. "

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" I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list. "

" Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa. "

" I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character. "

" I would sit on the swing set and swing literally for two hours, just, like, imagining things. Like, what if this happened, and what if I was this guy? "

" If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor. "

" When I was 27, I felt old. I didn't feel healthy. I just wasn't taking care of my body, and I had a body that wanted me to take care of it. "

" It's all about communication and a dialogue between individuals - get rid of the labels, get rid of the shame, get rid of the stigmas and just be your most authentic self. "

" My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them. "

" I really just try to focus on my job, which is to be an actor, and outside that, the cards fall where they may, and on not getting caught up in how people react to certain things. That's a death trap creatively. "

" I like endings that let your imagination do a lot of the work. "

" Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.' "

" I'm so grateful to be born in the times I live in and to be provided the opportunities I've been given. I'd be wrong to complain. "

" It's rare that you get to be a part of something that, hopefully, has some significance socially or historically. "

" It was a gift to get to play a gay role that was written in a three-dimensional, human way. "

" I love 'Jaws,' and I think Robert Shaw's performance in 'Jaws' is one of the best screen performances of all time. I am a massive Robert Shaw fan. I think he's a brilliant, brilliant talent and we lost him way before his time. "

" There was so much going on in 1936 with the height of the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War and Germany on the move and all of those things. There was a tension in the air. "

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" I think anytime you can show different colors and portray something that you haven't had a chance to do is always really refreshing as an actor. "

" I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world. "

" As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't. "

" I had a normal childhood where I was able to cultivate my own creativity, and I don't think I would have been ready for this crazy business at 8 years old. "

" I've been handling guns since I was a kid. "

" It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script. "

" I tend toward more adult fare, and I would love to do a voice in an animated film or something the boys could go see, but at a certain point, I made peace with myself about it. "

" Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that. "

" I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals. "

" Thankfully, I have a very full life. I'm married with kids, so I have a lot of things to focus on, other projects either in post-production or pre-production, so you just do the best you can. "

" I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life. "

" I have more faith in Santa Claus now than I do an exec. "

" I'm blessed to have a family, so it's not like I'm twiddling my thumbs. When I'm not working, that's where all my attention comes. "

" I've definitely had crazy acting teachers. "