I've never had the luxury - or the nightmare - of having something just blow up and be this huge success and then have everything thrown at you. Being 'the best friend' lessens the responsibility, 'cause I can still go do another movie after something that doesn't do well.

Steve Zahn

I was going to be a Marine before I was going to be an actor. I was really serious about joining the Marine Corps.

Steve Zahn

I remember seeing my sister in a play when I was very young, and I remember telling my folks, 'I want to do that.'

Steve Zahn

I think, a lot of times in a big city, you're working even when you're not.

Steve Zahn

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

Steve Zahn

The beauty of acting is you just get lost in it. You play the character, and you hope that it works.

Steve Zahn

I've done movies where they didn't have enough money to have trailers.

Steve Zahn

I was in high school, and I was the guy that always got cast in the school play. Theater is huge in high school in Minnesota, and I knew that I was very good at that, and gifted, and I was 'the guy,' but it still wasn't something I ever thought of as 'a job' or something that one could do professionally.

Steve Zahn

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

Steve Zahn

I remember seeing 'Les Miserables' with the original cast - this was in '87 - and I was blown away by it.

Steve Zahn

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.

Steve Zahn

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.

Steve Zahn

I'm not a sci-fi kind of guy, to be honest.

Steve Zahn

I moved to New York to do theater, and I got cast in a play that was funny, and then I was the funny guy. I did a movie that was funny, and then I was the funny guy.

Steve Zahn

I lived in Minnesota in a small town.

Steve Zahn

I'm not a leading guy.

Steve Zahn

I feed horses and goats and sheep all day and, once in a while, come and talk about movies.

Steve Zahn

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.

Steve Zahn

I met my wife in 1990 when I was on the national tour of 'Bye, Bye Birdie.'

Steve Zahn

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

Steve Zahn

People got to know me very gradually. It was little things. It's still like that. 'That Thing you Do!' was a big thing. It's always been very gradual. Like I say, people still ask me if I'm still acting. 'I've seen all your movies. What are you doing now?' Ha ha!

Steve Zahn