I try not to think of myself in any category, and I don't ever really try to imagine myself competing with another actor. I just know I want to do the things that I would want to see, and I know the things that turn me on, whether it's on the stage, or it's a play or a film. I just kind of want to keep doing my own thing.
There is something about growing up in the Midwest that gives a different kind of sensibility. But if I'm feeling insecure, the smiles and politeness get upped a notch, and maybe that isn't totally reflective of how I'm feeling on the inside.
You can make a lot of mistakes with hair because it grows back.
Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris - they're both genius.
I think I used comedy as a mechanism: if I could make the other kids laugh, I wouldn't get beaten up or teased as much.
I really tried for a while to go with the Adam Ant look.
I'm, uh, not proud to say it - I play fantasy baseball. It's, like, the dorkiest thing ever.
I always try and hold to that saying, 'I want to work on things I'd want to see.' The vast majority, that's been true.
I'm not actively seeking stardom. I just go to auditions, and I knock on wood.
I know a lot about the Titanic. My dad was a Titanic expert.
I've been naked in a lot of my movies. There's something inherently funny about the naked male body, particularly mine.
I grew up in a lot of different places, mostly in Kansas, I really started thinking seriously about acting in high school; I just did it better than most of the other activities in school.
I've hitchhiked - it is 'hitchhiked,' and not 'hitchedhike' like 'passersby,' right? - a couple of times, but only in emergency situations, and that's really the time that it's okay to hitchhike.
For a while, I tried to masquerade as somewhat of a hippie because I was under the impression that was the kind of guy girls would like. I was pretty unsuccessful because I liked the idea of camping more than actually camping. I did go to a Grateful Dead concert, but I was pretty bored.
I hated 'Top Gun.'
I'd like to do something dramatic or a different kind of role, but I tend not to separate comedy and drama all that much.
Personally - and I don't mean to brag - my jokes have been falling flat for most of my life.
My sister was born a couple years after I was, and I realized that I wasn't getting enough attention, as much attention as I used to before she showed up, and then I learned pretty early on that if I could do a silly dance or make grown-ups laugh, then the attention would come back to me, and I would be accepted.
The truth is, there are so many terrific places in New York because it's the greatest city in the world, and there are so many fascinating places to see that, frankly, it's humbling.
I was always in new schools and had British parents, which was not the norm, and I think there was also... I'm not particularly religious, but I was born Jewish, and I always felt like the outsider because I wasn't Christian or Catholic.
