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" I love 'Safe Men.' Now it's getting all this culty kind of - it just came out on DVD. That was awesome. I read that script, I never laughed so hard in my life. "

Steve Zahn

Men

Life

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" I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts. "

" My dad was the chaplain at Mankato State University, and my mom worked in the bookstore. We lived just off-campus. Then we moved to the suburbs of Minneapolis, to New Hope, which is where I went to high school. "

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" I love 'Shattered Glass.' It's one of my favorite movies. I think it's just brilliant. "

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" I'm theater trained. "

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Trained

Theater

" I was in high school, and I was the guy that always got cast in the school play. Theater is huge in high school in Minnesota, and I knew that I was very good at that, and gifted, and I was 'the guy,' but it still wasn't something I ever thought of as 'a job' or something that one could do professionally. "

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" I just planted the family vegetables yesterday. You name it, I grow it. "

" I love general history. That's all I read really. I don't read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in an area that's really rich in Civil War history. I live in Kentucky on a farm. A lot of revolution, a lot of military history I love. "

" PlayStation 3 is another form of meditation. Come on, when you're on set, all day? That's what I do in my trailer, I just play PlayStation 3. "

" I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun. "

" I've had more people come up to me about 'Saving Silverman' than anything else. That and 'That Thing You Do!' But 'Saving Silverman' is the one I get most often. And I love that. "

Steve Zahn

People

" I was going to be a Marine before I was going to be an actor. I was really serious about joining the Marine Corps. "

" I've never had the luxury - or the nightmare - of having something just blow up and be this huge success and then have everything thrown at you. Being 'the best friend' lessens the responsibility, 'cause I can still go do another movie after something that doesn't do well. "

" I've never watched an episode of 'Star Trek.' For real. "

" I have raised beds, perennial beds, cut flower beds. I have an island on a pond that's just covered in peonies. I have an herb garden, tons of vegetables, raspberries. I have everything. I'm a green guy. "

" I never wanted the business to dictate my life. I'm sure I've sacrificed and missed out on a lot of stuff, but I don't know what that stuff is, so I just raised kids, and I wanted to be around for that. "

" I feed horses and goats and sheep all day and, once in a while, come and talk about movies. "