I think so much of your energy when you're growing up is about becoming independent of your parents. And the older you get, the more you realise you're actually so much part and parcel of the same kind of material.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

It makes the day considerably more enjoyable when you're working with people you think are good, and it makes your job easier, too.

I'm serviceable. I'm durable. I get the job done.

It's an important social duty to spread the word of English to people whose livelihoods depend on knowing the language.

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.

Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.

I really like Greg Rucka's work. I loved 'Lazarus,' and I loved 'Stumptown.'