Quotes from Patrick Wilson

I'm an early-morning owl.

When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.

I don't like being lied to.

Musical theater is one of my passions.

If I ever get looks on the street, which, for the record, is almost never, it's rarely because they think I'm someone they saw in a movie. More often someone sees me and thinks, 'Hey, was that guy my waiter the other night?'

My father is an anchor and my brother is as well.

The thing about abs is if you hit them daily, you feel more put-together.

I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.

I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.

There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists; there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion.

You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone.

I didn't win prom king. By that point, I'd quit sports except for soccer, so I was really just a theater guy. I totally lost to the captain of the football team.

I don't know if I have any feelings about psychics. I never really met any.

I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.

I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.

The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.

Emasculation does seem to be a theme in the roles that I choose.

It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.

I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.

A heroic nature is very Greek.

The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea.

It's frustrating sometimes for actors because you slam it out and you have a great time, you think it's funny, and then for whatever reason the movie doesn't come together.

If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.