Steve Zahn Quotes

#1. I love 'Safe Men.' Now it's getting all this culty kind of - it just came out on DVD. That was awesome. I read that script, I never laughed so hard in my life.

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#2. I love Toronto, I have spent a lot of time up there working. There's a lot of stuff going on there.

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#3. You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.

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#4. I love 'Shattered Glass.' It's one of my favorite movies. I think it's just brilliant.

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#5. PlayStation 3 is another form of meditation. Come on, when you're on set, all day? That's what I do in my trailer, I just play PlayStation 3.

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#6. I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.

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#7. Most people laugh at situations rather than a tagline anyway.

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#8. What's hard in movies is to have a consistent tone throughout a movie. Whatever that is.

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#9. Film is a strange thing.

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#10. You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom.

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#11. You have to make something good. Just because all the hot actors show up and the money is there and the explosives are ready, it doesn't matter.

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#12. I've had more people come up to me about 'Saving Silverman' than anything else. That and 'That Thing You Do!' But 'Saving Silverman' is the one I get most often. And I love that.

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#13. Let me tell you something, planes and kids ... I've got a 3 and 1 year old, I don't wish that on anybody.

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#14. I've done flowers and kicked myself. Flowers are so lame.

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#15. I'm convinced women actually think they can read minds. Like when a woman goes, "I can tell you don't want to hang out with me today." And you're like, "What are you talking about? I actually do!"

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#16. I'm not a leading guy.

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#17. I just planted the family vegetables yesterday. You name it, I grow it.

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#18. It goes all the way back to 'Psycho.' Movies with twists like that are memorable because they're so simple.

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#19. I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.

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#20. I love general history. That's all I read really. I don't read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in an area that's really rich in Civil War history. I live in Kentucky on a farm. A lot of revolution, a lot of military history I love.

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#21. I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero.

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#22. I have raised beds, perennial beds, cut flower beds. I have an island on a pond that's just covered in peonies. I have an herb garden, tons of vegetables, raspberries. I have everything. I'm a green guy.

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#23. I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun.

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#24. I moved to New York to do theater, and I got cast in a play that was funny, and then I was the funny guy. I did a movie that was funny, and then I was the funny guy.

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#25. My sister gave me a big bucket of Cool Whip. Isn't that awesome? For two weeks I basically watched Emergency! and ate cool whip with a spoon.

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#26. I'm theater trained.

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#27. I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just want to act.

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