Ron Livingston

The first film where I had a speaking role was 'The Low Life,' but I did appear for about three seconds in 'Straight Talk' with Dolly Parton and James Woods. I had a line, and it was cut. It was alright: I got my AEU card anyway.

In real life, I know to filter all my jerk opinions and my jerk thoughts and my jerk desires.

I'd say 50 on men is like 33 on women in Hollywood. The standards - it's just the way we do our storytelling. And I hope it will change, because I think it's dumb.

I'm definitely guilty of turning tail and running in places in my life. It's the lack of courage, really.

There's jerks, and there's villains. Villains, I think, are very aware of who they are and what they're doing and their effect on the world. Jerks tend to think they're great guys.

People who are deceptive themselves have a really good ear for deception. They know when somebody's telling the truth or not, and so one of the ways around that is to always be telling the truth - or some version of it.

I think there is sort of a disconnect in this country between people that served in the military, understand the culture of it and what it is, and the people who only know what they see on the news and read - and they don't really get a feel for the culture.

In college, I actually did some work on a documentary project talking to Vietnam vets about the images of war and how it changed. When they grew up, it was like 'Sands of Iwo Jima' and there was this, you know - after Vietnam, there was a whole different way of looking at war.

I grew up in Iowa, so we had Cheap Trick come through a lot, but some of the other acts were a little harder to find.

My main position on karaoke is just say no. I also think there should be a cut-off level where, once you reach a certain amount of talent or ability, you shouldn't be allowed to do karaoke anymore. Go get a band and actually do that. There's no need to show everybody else up.

I saw 'The Shining' really young. I don't think it scarred me, but I had a paper route, and I delivered to some apartment buildings, and it made it a little scary to walk down those hallways.

'Rocky' I tend to watch through to the end every time.

I have a short attention span, so I go through short nerd-out phases.

I can't pull off blond, but I got some blond tips. Which is as close as I'll ever come to being in a '90s boy band.

It's always interesting when people are sort of broken. I think it's one of the most interesting qualities that human beings have is that broken people can fix themselves sometimes.

We sort of think that science is about the known, but science is really about exploring the unknown.

We don't plan to be good or bad. We just think, 'What do I want now? I want coffee now. I want the paper now.'

If you're a real scientist, you're constantly open to new data. Nothing is ever 100% validated.

The scariest thing I've ever had about a long drive is almost falling asleep a couple of times. Those moments where you maybe should have pulled over and taken a nap, like, a couple of hours ago.

I don't think a lot of people gave 'Beavis & Butt-Head' credit for how subtle it could be.

The funny thing about 'Office Space' is I almost never get my lines quoted back to me.

I'm a fan of 'Family Guy,' and I like watching the show.

My favorite characters that I've gotten to do are the ones that surprised me the most.

We're all trying to live up to our personal codes, so we relate to people who we see doing the same thing.

I think what people like about people is when they live their life the way they want to live it, unapologetically, and if they're being true to themselves.