Actor Quotes

I think Fast Company has a tremendously smart focus and execution.

I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist.

Certainly there are bubble-like valuations of certain companies, but I don't think anyone out there believes that we're going to go back to doing business the way we used to do business.

Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money.

Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year.

And I love writing. I've always loved writing.

I still believe that the mission of Business 2.0 is very strong, very fundamental, and we're really at the beginning of where they're going to take us.

You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation.

You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside.

'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.

It's always a great day going to work with Ginnifer Goodwin; she's a fantastic actress and I learn so much from her.

I look for fun and smarts - a witty, strong sexy woman.

In Hollywood, after you get a little success, the next thing you usually get is a divorce.

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'

One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles I've played, I'm kind of amazed at all the wonderful adventures I've had and the different things I've learned.

I'm one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It's just this intense tickle in the back of my throat. It's like I'm on the verge the whole time I'm walking over that bridge, and I'm not going to get a release until I jump.

I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.

Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it.

Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it.

It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good.

It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good.

I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.

I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.

I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet.