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" 'The Last Seduction,' 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'While You Were Sleeping' did a lot to get me noticed for bigger roles. "

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" I enjoy that with theater, you can just go into a room with a paper bag lunch: there're no cables, no electricity. It's the purest experience. "

" I co-own the ranch with my brother, and he and his wife are really the backbone of the operation. "

" Some of the shoes I have are from movies - I have my workman's boots from 'While You Were Sleeping' - while others are shoes I've had forever. "

" It's funny: When I first heard they were thinking of me for the president in 'Independence Day,' I just assumed it was a comedy - I didn't exactly think of myself as leader-of-the-free-world material. "

" There's a point you get to on the stage where you're not remembering lines but living them, and you reach this pure moment which, really, is more intense than what you can achieve in life. "

" I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad. "

" It's hard to explain to people how, if you're really capable of providing the right professional work environment, it allows you to get more personal. "

" I really enjoyed doing Albee's 'The Goat.' It's a powerful piece and a really exciting play to do. "

" Fox was interested in a different title to 'Independence Day.' "

" A lot of people just ask me about how I can do small budgets and big budgets, but many actors do both. I think the more self-destructive impulse I have is doing so many different characters. "

" I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing. "

" There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention. "

" Sometimes you fall into the niche of being the confidant guy, or the good-looking guy, or being too charactery, or not charactery enough. "

" I do take lots of time off between projects, but when the right thing comes along, I don't like to turn it down, I've been doing this for a decade, and I remember what it was like when I started. You spend maybe five percent of your time actually doing it, and the rest of the time, you're trying to get that five percent. "

" It's during wartime that innovations happen. "

" Theater has always been most important to my psyche. "

" There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion. "

" I was brought up in a very small town in upstate New York. "

" Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy. "

" With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite. "

" Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them. "

" I've been lucky to be a part of many blockbuster movies... in which it's hard to get to that level of being memorable, but I still have fond memories of 'Independence Day,' to be sure. There are also many small ones I've had that give me many fond memories. "

" I don't have a favorite fruit. There are things that thrill me each turn of the season. "

" I planted an orchard when I was 13. The impulse came from wanting to grow my own apples. That and the nursery catalog showed an apple tree with a beautiful girl standing under the fruit. Whether the flavor or the picture that did it, I've been hooked since. "