Steve Zahn Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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'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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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!"

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