“I am the kind of person that if something scares me then I feel like have to do it. That’s something I have to conquer. I need to break that fear and go to it.”

If something scares me then I feel like I have to do it.

I like to test myself and see where I am and how I am against other people in this sport. I think that’s the real draw for me.

I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it’s your homeland or when you’re traveling. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I’ve done. It’s just a normal part of life.

There’s just enough drinking and cheating songs around without me adding to them. Unless you’ve got something better than “Misery and Gin” by Merle Haggard, you’re beating a dead horse.

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

When you’re doing something you’re passionate about, stress becomes a featurenot a bug.

I like workplace shows and White House was a very glamorous workplace to set a show in; it appealed to a sense of romanticism and idealism that I have.

I think that for some people faith is good – they have something to draw to.

Voting really doesn’t mean anything. I wish I could say something different, but I think it’s kind of a sham.

Reality is painful — it’s so much easier to keep doing stuff you know you’re good at or else to pick something so hard there’s no point at which it’s obvious you’re failing — but it’s impossible to get better without confronting it.