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" I wanted to play Zapruder, as he is a man you really don't know much about: a faceless, anonymous figure. "

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" It's funny: most people who recognize me on the subway and stuff - it's much more they think of me as a funny guy. I get much more of people telling me how much I make them laugh, actually. Which is nice. "

" I want to be a villain with steel hands or something. I want to be the crazy, world-domination-obsessed villain. I would love to be a Bond villain. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Now, actors get so familiarized with Eastern Europe. I never imagined I'd get as familiar with Budapest and Prague and places like that in my life. "

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

" 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. "

" I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I remember when I was at the first showing of 'John Dies at the End' at Sundance, and I was talking to some of the people in the standby crowd who were outside and didn't have tickets. They were just waiting in line to see if they could get in. It was this whole gang of die-hard sci-fi wacko people, and they were just fantastic. "

" 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 played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of the characters I play, but I'm fine with that, and I've certainly never envied people who became hugely famous when they were young. "

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

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

" I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me. "

" My father died in 1989 before I knew what I was going to do with my life. I had just graduated from college. My mother died just before 'Sideways' came out. She knew I was an actor, but she never saw me become successful. "

" There is something pleasurable for an actor to produce something and not be in it. "

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

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

" I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all. "

" With 'Duplicity', I was a little bit like, 'This isn't that hard of a movie.' This isn't like some huge brain trust of a movie. You gotta be a little bit awake to follow the plot, but it's really just a kind of light entertainment. It's like those Cary Grant movies, which are not meant to be anything other than diverting. In a nice way. "

" I'm pretty easy to get along with on set, but I'm probably hard on myself. "

" I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway. "

" I've got to be the geekiest guy in the world in a lot of ways. I'm like a zeta male. "

" Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along. "

" The problem with getting injured when you get older is that it takes longer to recover. "