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

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

" I think, a lot of times in a big city, you're working even when you're not. "

" Film is a strange thing. "

" I remember seeing my sister in a play when I was very young, and I remember telling my folks, 'I want to do that.' "

" 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. "

" I never expect anything; I just go make a movie. I do the best I can, and whatever happens, happens. "

" My parents were reasoned and deep thinkers. My dad is an intellectual and a literary man. "

" I'm not a leading guy. "

" I lived in Minnesota in a small town. "

" Most people laugh at situations rather than a tagline anyway. "

" I've done movies where they didn't have enough money to have trailers. "

" I like to fish. I'm an outdoorsman. I love to hunt and fish. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids. "

" The beauty of acting is you just get lost in it. You play the character, and you hope that it works. "

" 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 always gravitate toward the humor in something. "

" 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! "

" I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine. "

" It goes all the way back to 'Psycho.' Movies with twists like that are memorable because they're so simple. "

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

" I remember seeing 'Les Miserables' with the original cast - this was in '87 - and I was blown away by it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "