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" I met my wife in 1990 when I was on the national tour of 'Bye, Bye Birdie.' "
Steve Zahn
Birdie
Wife
Tour
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" People got to know me very gradually. It was little things. It's still like that. 'That Thing you Do!' was a big thing. It's always been very gradual. Like I say, people still ask me if I'm still acting. 'I've seen all your movies. What are you doing now?' Ha ha! "
Steve Zahn
People
Little Things
Know
" I lived in Minnesota in a small town. "
Steve Zahn
Small Town
Small
Minnesota
" I just planted the family vegetables yesterday. You name it, I grow it. "
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Just
You
Family
" I love 'Shattered Glass.' It's one of my favorite movies. I think it's just brilliant. "
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Movies
Glass
Brilliant
" I don't have a publicist. "
Steve Zahn
Publicist
" You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom. "
Steve Zahn
Good
People
Game
" The beauty of acting is you just get lost in it. You play the character, and you hope that it works. "
Steve Zahn
Play
Character
You
" 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
Kind
" It goes all the way back to 'Psycho.' Movies with twists like that are memorable because they're so simple. "
Steve Zahn
Way
Simple
Movies
" Most people laugh at situations rather than a tagline anyway. "
Steve Zahn
Laugh
Most
People
" I've done movies where they didn't have enough money to have trailers. "
Steve Zahn
Done
Movies
Money
" Andy Serkis is one of the best actors I have ever worked with. He might be the best actor I have ever worked with. "
Steve Zahn
Worked
Best
Actor
" When I was younger, you get pigeonholed in parts, which is understandable. "
Steve Zahn
Understandable
Get
Younger
" My parents were reasoned and deep thinkers. My dad is an intellectual and a literary man. "
Steve Zahn
Parents
Were
Man
" Any director who's also acted understands the fact that every person has a different process and has to be approached differently. "
Steve Zahn
Different
Process
Person
" Let me tell you something, planes and kids... I've got a 3 and 1 year old, I don't wish that on anybody. "
Steve Zahn
Wish
Old
You
" 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. "
Steve Zahn
Friend
Best
Best Friend
" I'm not a leading guy. "
Steve Zahn
Guy
Leading
" I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids. "
Steve Zahn
Spend
Time
Good
" I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine. "
Steve Zahn
Mine
Spring
Proud
" I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero. "
Steve Zahn
Character
I Am
Superhero
" I think, a lot of times in a big city, you're working even when you're not. "
Steve Zahn
Working
You
Big City
" I moved to New York to do theater, and I got cast in a play that was funny, and then I was the funny guy. I did a movie that was funny, and then I was the funny guy. "
Steve Zahn
Got
New York
Funny
" 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. "
Steve Zahn
Hope
High School
Mom
" 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. "
Steve Zahn
War
Revolution
Love
" I feed horses and goats and sheep all day and, once in a while, come and talk about movies. "
Steve Zahn
Talk
Feed
Day
" I've never watched an episode of 'Star Trek.' For real. "
Steve Zahn
Never
Star Trek
Real
" 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. "
Steve Zahn
Missed
My Life
Life
" I never expect anything; I just go make a movie. I do the best I can, and whatever happens, happens. "
Steve Zahn
Never
Go
Expect
" I always gravitate toward the humor in something. "
Steve Zahn
Humor
Something
Toward