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" The best gig is the one you've got. "

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" It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press. "

" Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places. "

" Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. "

" Every girl I've gone out with has said something to me first. "

" You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss. "

" My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. "

" I had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career. "

" That's really how I got started was doing Shakespeare. When I got out of school, I was lucky enough to meet George Wolfe, who ran The Public Theater. "

" I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising. "

" I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive. "

" I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't. "

" If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic. "

" As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat. "

" I get panic attacks in big crowds. "

" I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing. "

" Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters. "

" I've never been a heavy practitioner of the method or, at least, with any specific intent; I'm kind of an impulse-based person. Like, I'm sort of waiting for something to happen that I'm not expecting, and I kind of want to jump on that train of emotion, whatever it is, both from myself or from the other actor. "

" I did some research into what was going on in terms of the sexual revolution that was happening in the '60s in the gay community and particularly in the drag world. Before the '60s, guys doing drag would dress like their mothers or iconic Hollywood actresses. "

" Entitlement is lethal. "

" No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey. "

" I'm terrible with big parties. "

" My style was always intuitive. I never used to believe in working on your body. Anything that smacked of vanity to me was bad for your acting, but I learned that wasn't true. "

" Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore. "

" I've got nothing against L.A. I think it is a really beautiful place. To be able to surf and get out in the Pacific Ocean every once in a while. The hiking, all of that is amazing. I love it there. "

" I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors. "

" A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job. "

" You hear different things from different people, and they're all valid: they're all valuable. I think that's what comprises a performance is all those ideas. "

" You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job. "