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" I've done movies where they didn't have enough money to have trailers. "
Steve Zahn
Done
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" It goes all the way back to 'Psycho.' Movies with twists like that are memorable because they're so simple. "
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" Film is a strange thing. "
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" I've never watched an episode of 'Star Trek.' For real. "
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" I'm theater trained. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I never expect anything; I just go make a movie. I do the best I can, and whatever happens, happens. "
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" 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 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I feed horses and goats and sheep all day and, once in a while, come and talk about movies. "
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Day
" I lived in Minnesota in a small town. "
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" 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 met my wife in 1990 when I was on the national tour of 'Bye, Bye Birdie.' "
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" I like to fish. I'm an outdoorsman. I love to hunt and fish. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts. "
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" I don't have a publicist. "
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Publicist
" Any director who's also acted understands the fact that every person has a different process and has to be approached differently. "
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" When I was younger, you get pigeonholed in parts, which is understandable. "
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" I'm not a leading guy. "
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" I remember seeing my sister in a play when I was very young, and I remember telling my folks, 'I want to do that.' "
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" I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids. "
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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'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine. "
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" Most people laugh at situations rather than a tagline anyway. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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