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" Screaming is hard after a while. "

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" I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting. "

" I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor. "

" I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan. "

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" I am who I am. I have a low voice, and I look like somebody's dad or boss or a police chief, and those roles come my way. "

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" When I got out of college, I moved to Seattle because it was the nearest big city and still didn't know if I wanted to be a composer, conductor, singer, actor. I just got day jobs and auditioned and took what came, and the theater doors were the ones opening the most. "

" If you are lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text; don't e-mail. Call them on the phone. "

" Fortunately, for the first 20 years in my career, I didn't have any other responsibilities outside of myself. I didn't have a wife and kids, so I could afford to sort of barely scrape by, to do theater. "

" It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family. "

" People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.' "

" I never had intention of coming to New York or L.A. and actually doing more than scraping by - you know, doing plays. And as my career sort of progressed of its own volition, I did come to New York. "

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" Most of my friends - when I was five, six, seven years old - their dads were working in an auto plant in Detroit until 5:30, and then they were sat in rush hour. They weren't around as much. My dad finished at three o'clock, so he was just around more. "

" I'd always had the concern that being in commercials would affect my credibility when I was getting started as a TV and film actor. "

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" I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority. "

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" We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive. "

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