I play mostly bad guys on TV and mostly good guys in movies.
There's always the standard six people you can hire that have played all these villains in Hollywood. Instinctively, when they come on screen, you know what's going to happen. You don't know the story, but you know what they do.
I love acting. It's what I've done all my life, and to me, it's a lot easier than doing reality television because you get into a character, you remember your lines, and you go home and leave it all behind at the end of the day.
I often say television is not a job for grown men. You go to a set, they pick out your clothes for you, they tell you where to stand, what to say, and your chair has your name on it in case you can't find a place to sit.
I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize.
I think athletes in general are actors. We perform in front of big crowds. People pay to come see you play. So, people come see you to basically act.
I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.
Television can be a little tricky in terms of finding roles that feel fully flushed out, which is why I love being in the theater so much, because the roles tend to be really on the page.
I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.
It's so funny: I sort of fell into genre roles, but I'm not really a genre guy.
Nobody should expect an actor to have these wonderful ideas and concepts about the world: they pretend to be other people for a living.
A lot of film stars are just playing themselves in different frocks.
I don't know what it is about me that gets cast in specific roles. Some people would say, 'You're just a pretty face,' but on 'Battlestar,' I'm not looking pretty every day. I'm pretty banged up.
When I'm acting in TV or movies, I'm a character. But when I'm doing music, I'm Trevor Jackson.
When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions.
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers.
My life is one that I've aimed for - I've always wanted to be an actor who worked in film and television and was able to provide for himself and his family.
I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person.
You're always going to have typecasting, especially with TV.
As an actress, you know there are limitations on what you can do creatively.
I politely refuse to be part of movies where I have to do sister or sister-in-law to protagonists.
You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.
