That's an important lesson for me, to not qualify my experience against somebody else's. My experience is the experience that I wanted to have, and have created for myself, but it doesn't make me any more deserving than anybody else; or less.
Sometimes time constraints bring out something cool.
By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor.
Life is not just one dark moment after another.
The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments.
The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system.
[David Boreanaz]'s got a very, very cute little giggle.
In the same way that Shakespeare was writing very much for his time, he was also unearthing observations that would last for generations beyond him.
I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whether it's a laptop or a cell phone, at all times.
My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago.
I've got nothing against big-budget values. I mean, I was very proud of The Avengers, the part that I played in it, albeit a small one. It was thrilling to be part of it. But it's so huge that you can never really wrap your mind around it.
You give up a lot when you enter the years of parenting. It's a sacrifice.
I was dishwasher, then promoted to chef in a local kitchen in a restaurant in Seattle, and I was working on a building site as well, putting in insulation and painting houses, and then doing some classes at a community college nearby.
I think we're all fascinated and a little mystified by how the brain works. One of the most mysterious of the physical sciences is neurological science.
I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script.
