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

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.

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I’m not going to get any more work; it’s about not having enough money.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I think I have a tendency to overwork things. I have a hard time finding that sweet spot that most actors seem to be able to hit where they’re doing the exact right amount of work, not overthinking, not underdoing it. I seem to either overdo it or underdo it.

I suppose there must be some way in which I’m compelled to show some side of myself – or of people – that’s paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and downtrodden, just as Tom Cruise wants to show that he’s terrifyingly upbeat and terrifyingly heroic all the time.

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

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

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

I definitely had a top-notch education.

I don’t mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice. And I feel like I manage to.

I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there’s a limit and if you go there, you get into a very different kind of movie, man.

I like to work – I probably work too much.

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

I wouldn’t say that I’m aggressive in going out to find work and stuff like that. I just sort of, if something comes along, and it’s something I like, and they want to hire me, I’ll do it. I won’t just do anything.

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

I like playing weird, kind of shady people.

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

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

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn’t get in bad, bad trouble.

Maybe it’s because I have too much pride or self-respect, but I thought, ‘Why does a guy who has thinning hair and who is overweight have to be a loser or a joke?’

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

Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it’s always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It’s not really real to me; there’s no reality to it.

I don’t think I gave a good enough performance to be nominated for it. I thought I gave a fine performance, but those things are supposed to be about giving an extraordinary performance.

I married a Jewish lady, and we’re raising our son Jewish, and since I’m not Jewish the whole thing is just a mystery to me. I leave it to her, actually, because it’s just a great mystery.

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

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.