Quotes from Steve Zahn

Most people laugh at situations rather than a tagline anyway.

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 never watched an episode of 'Star Trek.' For real.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

When I was younger, you get pigeonholed in parts, which is understandable.

Any director who's also acted understands the fact that every person has a different process and has to be approached differently.

I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine.

I never expect anything; I just go make a movie. I do the best I can, and whatever happens, happens.

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!"

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.

Film is a strange thing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'm not a leading guy.

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