I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.
The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.
In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've ...
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In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've never really understood.
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Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.
Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.
I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.
I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.
For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.
For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his m...
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I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.
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It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggra...
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It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.
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I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long per...
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I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.
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About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 ...
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About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it.
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I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.
I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.
I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.
I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.
I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody e...
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I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else.
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I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm...
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I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up.
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I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!
I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!
I love getting paid to ride a horse.
I love getting paid to ride a horse.
I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.
I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.
You don't need to like your protagonists.
You don't need to like your protagonists.
I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.
I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.
I like being able to be a man.
I like being able to be a man.
I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an exper...
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I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an expert.
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Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.
Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.
I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil W...
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I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.
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I'm a goofball.
I'm a goofball.
