Jeremy Piven

When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things.

Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I hadn't done my job.

I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can... The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease.

We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing.

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.

Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.

The reality is that I'm an actor from the Midwest and I was 40 movies into it before I started 'Entourage'.

I want to be radical on the inside, but not on the outside.

Everyone's journey is completely different.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.