My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it`s kind of become a way of life for me. I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious. But I want to live and breathe cinema. - Reel Interview, 2000

For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I`m taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you`re doing yourself an injustice.

(On being recognized for his Friends episodes) I did Friends usually always while I was doing another movie. I would literally have to get off the set and rush to Warner Bros. and look at the script and have to do it right there in front of an audience. It`s like a blip in my memory where I was stressed out, trying to remember lines. So people come up and say, `The guy who melts stuff!` and I don`t even remember it. Like, what are you talking about?