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American - Actor Born: June 26, 1970

I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer.

Work Confidence You Unique

I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.

Actor Well Working Been

If you're an original thinker, you are going get told 'no' a lot, and you have to be able to hear 'no' many times from the bankers and trust that at some point, someone is going to recognize that you are an artist and not a can of soda.

You Trust Someone Artist

And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do.

Positive You Hands Your

I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk.

Family Gun Fishing Important

If I had more time, I'd watch more woodworking or home-improvement shows, but, not enough hours in the day.

Day Time Enough More

Meat is a big deal in my life. I do love breakfast food, but I don't think that's extraordinary. I'm a normal American. We love eggs and meat and potatoes and gravy.

Life Love Food My Life

I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.

Myself Simple Discipline Project

I think it's fascinating that I receive attention for what people perceive to be a level of manliness or machismo, when amongst my family of farmers and paramedics and regular Americans, I'm kind of the sissy in my family.

Family People Think Attention

My uncles, who are farmers in Minooka, Illinois - I grew up with them and their pickup trucks and mustaches, and to me that was masculinity: big hairy sweaty guys who could pick up a bus.

Me Farmers Bus Big

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I have a Kenwood charcoal grill. In our house, if anybody is cooking, it's me. I love making burgers. I love making pork tenderloin. Lamb chops I do on the grill a lot. But you just can't beat brats.

Love Me You Cooking

I've learned through experience that to trouble celebrities with my handshake doesn't do anybody any good.

Good Experience Trouble Through

I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.

Feel Hands Nation Stronger

When I got to Los Angeles, I started building cabins in peoples' yards, building post-and-beam structures and cutting the joinery for those.

Building Started Those Got

When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.

You School Loved High School

I'm very hairy, and men in film and TV are no longer allowed to be hairy.

Men Film Very TV

If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza.

Pizza New Box Make

I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity that Chicago theater has, and I think it's because Chicago doesn't have Broadway or the film and TV business to distract it.

Business Integrity Talent Community

I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat and also in Kabuki dance and Kabuki theater.

Experience Dance Fight Stage

You know, it's hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.

Day You Know Hard

I am always so happy to be at 'SNL.' I still feel like a kid when I'm there, like I can't believe I'm watching them make the show.

I Am Happy Believe Feel

I grew up among farmers in Illinois and so you always have to have the tools you might need in the eventuality of a flat tire or a broken window.

You Broken Window Farmers

For years I drove a big Ford F250 pickup. That was my ride because two-thirds of my work was wood work, and I'm always driving up to Northern California, where I harvest salvaged trees.

Work Ride Driving Trees

I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

Me People Opportunity Hands

When I hear young people today complain about being bored - and the things that keep them from being bored are generally exclusively videogames and/or computer pastimes - I just try to encourage them to go outside.

Today People Try Bored

I am a saxophone player.

I Am Saxophone Player Am

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