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" In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role. "

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" Generally, I don't like to walk out of a movie. It's like a relationship - you want to see it to the end; otherwise, you won't know if you left early or not. "

" I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature. "

" If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know. "

" Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth. "

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" One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with. "

" Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice. "

" I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower. "

" I think we all choose our style from the ether and whatever is out there. "

" I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels. "

" I feel like I came to acting late in a way. "

" In high school and college, I was an athlete. "

" Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film. "

" Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it. It's hard to be that quick and articulate in life. You've got to try to make it seem discovered, you know, not rehearsed. "

" I wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea of collaboration, and I thought if I'm gonna write plays, I should learn something about speaking the lines that I might try to write. "

" I think of myself as more of a comic person. I don't know about a comic actor. "

" Maybe the best things about celebrity are the things like being able to get that seat on the plane that you wouldn't normally get, but that's kind of like cheating. "

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" My favorite parts of work as an actor and a director are those unplanned mistakes that do happen, because it's like catching lightning in a bottle. It's the best part of what we do. "

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" I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything. "