Zach Braff

“I procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.”

“Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.”

“I want to take piano lessons, I want to study at university, I want to travel, I want to do other parts, make another movie.”

“You know that point in your life when you realize that the house you grew up in isn’t really your home anymore… All of the sudden, even though you have some place to put your shit, that idea of home is gone… Or maybe it's like this rite of passage… You will never have that feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start. It’s like a cycle or something. Maybe that’s all family really is: a group of people that miss the same imaginary place.”

“The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.”

“I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium.”

“I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.”

“I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth.”

“I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.”

“I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.”

“I know every politician spins the truth a little.”

“I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.”

“I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind.”

“When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.”

“I'm a person who likes these sort of movies... sad but moving 'art movies' that normally are at a festival and then they go to a small art house theater and disappear.”

“That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.”

“Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we'd get all that music.”

“I love 'Scrubs.' It's the best day job in the world.”

“I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.”

“I am really driven, but my drive doesn't affect the conversations I have in my head about life, and worries and fears and insecurities.”