Jeremy Sisto

“I've always been attracted to more intense and darker roles, but I think there is complexity and darkness in comedies as well.”

“Diamonds are created through the pressures of earth and then have to go through a million dirty roads to get to the cutter who turns it into a beautiful massage. And that's like human beings. They go through a lot to be who they are in front of you.”

“In your twenties, if you have any amount of complexity in your childhood, or any trauma that you haven't dealt with, it comes out. That's why you have a lot of artists that don't make it through.”

“If I had met Judd Nelson in my late twenties, I would have been pretty enamored!”

“When I was younger, I could be pretty bitter. I still have moments, but I think I've gotten pretty good at rejection.”

“I wore a Santa hat for a whole year in high school.”

“It's a different kind of acting, this 'Law & Order' thing. They want two partners who can play off each other well and are fun to watch, but depth of character is not necessary in this job. Too much character gets in the way of the story. This is a very specific gig.”

“It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's a level of believability in playing complex characters. You know, Christopher Walken has done some hilarious comedies, De Niro. There's great room for complexity and darkness to do well in comedies.”

“If I feel my child is being deprived of anything that could affect her progress as a person, then I become extremely neurotic and douse the situation with as much help as humanly possible.”

“You can't have a happy family if you don't have a happy marriage.”

“When you have kids, you just love them. It's similar to when you're in love with someone. You just think they are so cool and want to be around them all the time, but what if she starts being embarrassed and only giving me charity visits? I want her to actually want to see me, so that's what I'm going for!”

“I used to think acting was really difficult.”

“I'm uncertain, with horror fans, when is disturbing just disturbing, and when is it fun disturbing?”

“I knew I was going to love my daughter, but I had no idea how much I would love her.”

“I'm married now, but back when I had girlfriends, you were always wondering if they liked you, and if you liked them enough. You're together, but the smallest thing could make one of you go 'You know what? This isn't working!'”

“I don't have the attention span to practice sleight of hand.”

“I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.”

“I've done a lot of bad movies, but my bad horror movies are the ones that people still find the good stuff in.”

“With 'Law & Order,' I had to be very conscious of what I was doing. I didn't want to show too much character.”

“But as soon as I joined 'Six Feet Under', I felt like I was finally doing something again that the fans really loved, and I could stop being afraid of 'Clueless' fans!”