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It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.

There's boldness in being assertive; there's strength and confidence.

Bad for the sake of bad is boring to me and not believable.

I don't really relax. When I sleep, I relax.

When actors first come up, you're auditioning for everything - you're trying to sniff it out like a pig with a truffle and you would do anything!

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

I have some anger issues.

I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

Every time you start a project, you're hopeful that the critics receive it warmly.

There are far more talented people doing voice work than I.

Love is not as important as good health. You cannot be in love if you're not healthy. You can't appreciate it.

Actors are inherently self-centered.

I enjoy doing comedy for the fact that you go to work and you laugh. That's a good combination.

I will pursue something that I love -- and hopefully become good at it, instead of pursuing something that I'm good at -- but don't love.

I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier.

I don't have spare time.

The greatest thing about youth is that you're not yet battle-weary, so you'll try anything.

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

I think the best-written films or television series have a measure of the opposite of what they are.

I have talked to stunt drivers all my life, 32 years of talking to stunt drivers. There's a craziness to them.

People would love to be rich, but they're looking for the easy way. Who wouldn't want to win the lottery? Just to score.

Actors, writers, directors - that triumvirate of creativity - we have to rely and trust each other to be able to get to the final product.

I look like everyone.

The best teacher is experience. Find the educational in every situation.

I intend to do more directing TV.

This self-congratulatory notion Americans have that their country is Number One is borne of ignorance and bad manners.

Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story.

The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.

Console the failure, but nurture the hunger.

It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

If you have a screaming angry director, everyone else will be panicked as well.

Money has never been my primary goal.

Ever since I stopped worrying about finances, I've made more money than I ever thought I'd make in my life.

I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature.

The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material.

That's the reason you want to become a star as an actor, to be able to have more control of your destiny.

I'm just a big boy, I'm still just playing cowboys and Indians and astronaut and baseball player and all that stuff that I used to play as a kid.

My goal has always been to be a working actor.

As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.

Love between two adults is always conditional. You can fall out of love because you are able to fall in love.

My dear friend Aaron Paul, I love you so much.

To me, character in a person is judged by the decisions that are made under pressure.

You don't want to be a Kardashian.

I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

I'm pretty handy! I do a lot of things around the house, and I actually enjoy it.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

Pot always just made me sleepy.

Our whole society is instantaneous.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

But the only way to get lucky is to be prepared for luck to find you.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

I'm a big fan of 'Mad Men.'

When everyone has high expectation for you, it can attack your insecurities.

At my age, I don't think anyone is untouched by cancer.

Gay and lesbian couples should have the right to experience the joys of marriage and family.

Mixing humor and politics is something that works.

Being a day player, period, is one of the hardest things you can do as an actor.