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" The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances. "

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" It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting. "

" I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. "

" I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path. "

" I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting. "

" I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once. "

" Whenever you do something that is in a continuous take, and something that we're not used to doing, because it was all in the details of if you don't make one move seem natural, it can give away all of it. "

" I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan. "

" All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men. "

" I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York. "

" Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends. "

" I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way. "

" They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping. "

" I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it. "

" The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. "

" I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way. "

" My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom. "

" Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors. "

" I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct. "

" I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. "

" By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had. "

" What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous. "

" I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires. "

" Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. "

" It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good. "

" When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control. "

" I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors. "

" Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days. "

" I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do. "