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In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester.
I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March.
I actually had the good fortune to work with Nick Hoult on Mad Max in Africa, so we became really fast friends.
I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.
My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.
On the Internet, everyone squats. In real life, the squat rack is always empty. You figure out what this means.
When you have kids, you don't really watch TV anymore, and when I do, I binge-watch box sets of 'Breaking Bad.'
You only have to bat 1.000 in two things-flying and heart transplants. Everything else, you can go four in five.
In the end, the effectiveness of our creative process comes down to whether we’re going to whine or do the work.
I've no idea if I want to do this for the rest of my life, so I want to try and work with the best people I can.
When you're dealing with espionage and covert affairs, sometimes the secret is more exciting than the knowledge.
I think that's why I keep being drawn back to television, because I think it's one of the most creative outlets.
If a man comes up to me, I'm almost sure he's going to mention Rome, if it's a woman, it'll be 'Grey's Anatomy.'
I'm just open to new experiences. I've never really settled down into one art. I like to be nomadic with my art.
Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.'
Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
For a stage actor to be there with the words and the creator of the words - it doesn't get much better than that.
You don't have the opportunity to win an Emmy unless you're given the opportunity to play certain kinds of roles.
I think theater is the strongest place to find what's missing in entertainment. Unfortunately, it pays the least.
I actually had the good fortune to work with Nick Hoult on 'Mad Max' in Africa, so we became really fast friends.
We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.
It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-80s, and we had the 85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
I can't say I was like a die-hard zombie fan, but I've definitely seen a few different zombie movies and TV shows.
Just the idea to have everything you need essentially stored in one piece of portable technology is very exciting.
I always said life consists of love and work. I tried to balance it 50-50. And, of course, now I'm so happy I did.
It's really interesting, for an actor, that you can continue to do season after season and not play the same role.
I'm not conniving - that has a pejorative context. I'm not sitting in back rooms making deals. That's not my style.
I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.
It seems you can ask any friend, any relative, and they'll be able to tell you about someone they know with autism.
I've been told by the prosecutors and by my own attorneys I should go to law school. I guess I have a knack for it.
If I rob a gas station, I'm going to get 15 years. If I steal $400 million on Wall Street, I start plea-bargaining.
Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them.
It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
Sometimes our awards process can be very political in terms of just driving personal agendas, and I think we forget.
Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.
I know who Dick Gregory is; I knew what his accomplishments are. I certainly knew him as a comedian and an activist.
If we're still talking about the same thing 40 or 50 years later, then that means we're not doing anything about it.
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
The world around you is some kind of distraction at best, and evil at worst, and you should be turning away from it.
There was no theater program or anything where I'm from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program.
I'm no interior decorator, but just I have a feeling that plastic plants in the bathroom... probably not a good idea.
Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.
I wrote a graphic novel called 'Soul Stealer' with big, beautiful, epic artwork by Chris Shy. It grew into a trilogy.
As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.
Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people.
For my workout, I'm up at 4 A.M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done.
All of my friends on the street we're Jewish. I went to a lot of bar and bat mitzvahs. I even learned a little Hebrew.
I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood, but not me.