“Just because you’re from the minimalist school, it doesn’t mean you can’t go big.”

I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.

I think there’s a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands – which is where my family is from – in Ireland.

Make them laugh, and then make them listen.

There’s certainly more work for me in TV these days.

I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

I mean, I’ve been stupid in the past, and I’ve learned from that.

You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I’m not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.

I don’t. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.

My thing about looking good is that it should be the character.

If I’m playing a character who’s concerned about his body – an athlete, say – I’ll get in shape. If I’m playing a character who doesn’t or wouldn’t,

I don’t get any parts I don’t get offered. There are lots of great things out there I would like to do that I don’t get offered.

Really, most of us just focus on what’s in front of us. We’re too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.

Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.

I’m not particularly a career-oriented guy. I’m lucky. I can make really interesting films much of the time with interesting people yet be anonymous, have a private life. But, I’d like to have the choice of the better roles.

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

I’m not a city kind of guy. I’m happiest when I’m tromping through the woods.

Remember, I’m the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I’ve never felt like I’m a big star at any level of my life.

You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.

My biggest regret is sinking in places I should have swam.

A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don’t know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn’t have cash on him.

We don’t really have any big family traditions; just spending time with each other is the most important part.

Newsflash: karma’s an even bigger bitch than me.

Your heart tells you big things in little ways.

The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don’t have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand.