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Come on, man ... Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf. You can't kill yourself before you're even published.

My definition of likeable may be different from other people's. That's not traditional likeable. Sympathy is a different thing [to define it].

I'd like to have permanent time off, really. The goal is financial security and permanent time off, basically.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy.

I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt.

I like playing weird, kind of shady people.

I feel like in a lot of ways I've gotten kind of soft as an actor, not doing stage stuff. In terms of being a better actor, it's really important.

Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.

I get tired of myself pretty fast. So I can't imagine other people don't get tired of me.

I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all.

I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly.

I like to work - I probably work too much.

I'm not a big wine guy. And bars, I never go to bars anymore. It's such a drag, man.

Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.

Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.

I think that deep down all I have been looking for is to be accepted and liked by as many people as possible.

I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point.

I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway.

I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I don't like.

This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.

I've got to be the geekiest guy in the world in a lot of ways. I'm like a zeta male.

The broad comedy thing is really hard to do on film.

I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.

I don't think film actors need training, really.

Sometimes, I think I may be more recognizable because I'm character-looking.

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.