Steve Zahn
I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.Collection: Fathers
I just planted the family vegetables yesterday. You name it, I grow it.Collection: Gardening
I feed horses and goats and sheep all day and, once in a while, come and talk about movies.Collection: Movies
I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine.Collection: Gardening
I was going to be a Marine before I was going to be an actor. I was really serious about joining the Marine Corps.
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.
I remember seeing 'Les Miserables' with the original cast - this was in '87 - and I was blown away by it.
I was in high school, and I was the guy that always got cast in the school play. Theater is huge in high school in Minnesota, and I knew that I was very good at that, and gifted, and I was 'the guy,' but it still wasn't something I ever thought of as 'a job' or something that one could do professionally.
I'm theater trained.
I'm not a leading guy.
I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun.
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.
I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.
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.
Most people laugh at situations rather than a tagline anyway.
I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero.
Let me tell you something, planes and kids... I've got a 3 and 1 year old, I don't wish that on anybody.
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.
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.
I love 'Shattered Glass.' It's one of my favorite movies. I think it's just brilliant.
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.
I lived in Minnesota in a small town.
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.
It goes all the way back to 'Psycho.' Movies with twists like that are memorable because they're so simple.
Film is a strange thing.
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.
When I was younger, you get pigeonholed in parts, which is understandable.
I never wanted the business to dictate my life. I'm sure I've sacrificed and missed out on a lot of stuff, but I don't know what that stuff is, so I just raised kids, and I wanted to be around for that.
I'm not a sci-fi kind of guy, to be honest.
I've never watched an episode of 'Star Trek.' For real.
I think, a lot of times in a big city, you're working even when you're not.
I met my wife in 1990 when I was on the national tour of 'Bye, Bye Birdie.'
My parents were reasoned and deep thinkers. My dad is an intellectual and a literary man.
People got to know me very gradually. It was little things. It's still like that. 'That Thing you Do!' was a big thing. It's always been very gradual. Like I say, people still ask me if I'm still acting. 'I've seen all your movies. What are you doing now?' Ha ha!
I don't have a publicist.
My dad was the chaplain at Mankato State University, and my mom worked in the bookstore. We lived just off-campus. Then we moved to the suburbs of Minneapolis, to New Hope, which is where I went to high school.
Any director who's also acted understands the fact that every person has a different process and has to be approached differently.
Andy Serkis is one of the best actors I have ever worked with. He might be the best actor I have ever worked with.
I like to fish. I'm an outdoorsman. I love to hunt and fish.
I remember seeing my sister in a play when I was very young, and I remember telling my folks, 'I want to do that.'
I've never had the luxury - or the nightmare - of having something just blow up and be this huge success and then have everything thrown at you. Being 'the best friend' lessens the responsibility, 'cause I can still go do another movie after something that doesn't do well.
I never expect anything; I just go make a movie. I do the best I can, and whatever happens, happens.
The beauty of acting is you just get lost in it. You play the character, and you hope that it works.
I always gravitate toward the humor in something.
I've done movies where they didn't have enough money to have trailers.
I gravitate to ensemble comedy.
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.Collection: Two
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.Collection: Character
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.Collection: Hot
The werewolf film is a strange thing.Collection: Strange