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I'm like a sight gag.
I studied Morse code.
It's hard to kill that father-son bond.
I think it's good to live an artful life.
In the Marine Corps, everything had a purpose.
I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
I don't feel like I have to dress up to go to the deli.
I've got weird conflicting feelings about my generation.
I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it.
I'm not such a big fan of having a linear answer to things.
I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.
I don't consider myself a celebrity. That would be kind of sad.
Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.
Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.
I feel like I have to move violently once a day, or I'll lose my mind.
Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.
When you get out of the Marine Corps, you feel like you can do anything.
Sophocles was a general: a warrior writing plays about military situations.
Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick.
Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me.
I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
I trained myself, whenever I walk into auditions, to hate everyone in the room.
The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class.
People always are desperate to have others acknowledge that they are different.
I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.
It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.
I want to show that theater isn't just talking about feelings or people wearing tights.
I don't know what else you could do that is more vulnerable - maybe dancing - than singing.
I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.
Even on your hiatus, you feel like you need to keep the character in the back of your brain.
My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
There's something really exciting about playing someone where you're given license to be unpredictable.
For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.
I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.
I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the story.
I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.
If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military.
How do you take what you do as seriously as possible but not so seriously that it ends up inhibiting what you do?
Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
There's a kind of immediacy that comes with being constantly connected that I don't really relate to in my generation.
What is important is to maintain integrity of the story, of the character, of the movie, even if it's a big production.
'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
September 11 happened, and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.
I've seen incredible acts of humanity in the military because people put themselves aside, and it's about the other person.
Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.