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" Just being attached to 'Superman' actually gave a great boost to my career. "

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" I'm so grateful to be born in the times I live in and to be provided the opportunities I've been given. I'd be wrong to complain. "

" I'd like to get a chance to wear two different hats in the business. I also think it would be really great to do an adaptation of a great novel. "

" I would sit on the swing set and swing literally for two hours, just, like, imagining things. Like, what if this happened, and what if I was this guy? "

" I think anytime you can show different colors and portray something that you haven't had a chance to do is always really refreshing as an actor. "

" When I was in high school, there was no safe haven, there was no outlet for you to speak your mind. "

" Thankfully, I have a very full life. I'm married with kids, so I have a lot of things to focus on, other projects either in post-production or pre-production, so you just do the best you can. "

" My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them. "

" Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?' "

" I used to go to sports camp every summer. I'd make a lot of new friends, and it was all athletic. It was basically a place for parents to send their kids to run out all their summer energy for two weeks. "

" Certainly, when you're dealing with more deep, emotional work and sensory work, for me, it helps me to just stay in it. "

" Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies. "

" I've definitely had crazy acting teachers. "

" I grew up on theater, and honestly, I'm trying to figure out a way with a family and kids and living in Los Angeles to get back to the stage because it is my first love. "

" I think when someone knows who they are and is comfortable and confident with that, I think a lot of the typical, aesthetic things sort of fall by the wayside. "

" We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon. "

" I never really endeavored to hide anything. But there were times I chose not to relegate my history to the back page of a magazine, which to me is sort of akin to putting your biography on a bathroom wall. "

" I was raised in a conservative Christian household. We weren't even allowed to watch 'secular' television, anything that was deemed not proper for Christians. "

" Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, so I ended up being pretty average at everything. "

" When you really put your heart and soul into something, the temptation is to try to be in control of circumstances, however you can, and looking and seeing how people are responding. But I realized, early on, that that was just not going to be a healthy thing for me to do. "

" New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching. "

" I've been handling guns since I was a kid. "

" There was so much going on in 1936 with the height of the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War and Germany on the move and all of those things. There was a tension in the air. "

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" I have more faith in Santa Claus now than I do an exec. "

" I see what kids in the business have to watch. It's tough to do. "

" I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list. "

" I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal. "

" Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.' "

" Working on TV can be quite insular. "

" I try to just live my life and do my work, and the rest will just fall into place, as it may. As it will. "

" 'The Kids Are All Right' is amazing. The performances are insanely good. Julianne Moore is going to wreck you. This is the best I've ever seen her, and I've seen everything she's ever done. I like the story, and I think it's a great alternative to the big summer popcorn blockbusters. "