I sent some scenes from 'Life on Mars'... and then I didn't hear anything for about 48 hours, and I was sure that I wouldn't get this. Then I got a phone call saying, 'They want you to take the role of Jim Shannon on 'Terra Nova,' and would I be interested!

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A sense of humor saves your life, and being able to make friends wherever you go.

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I just watched the entire season of 'Louie' in one flight. What an amazing show.

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I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

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I like to take a shot with things. I like to take risks. I'm attracted to things that are different than the average run-of-the-mill stuff.

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I turned up my nose at yoga for years. I was a rugby player growing up. But now I know. When I'm on those long international flights, like 22 hours from L.A. to Sydney, I'll get up sometimes and do yoga in the aisle just to stretch out a little bit.

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That's the challenging thing with TV; it's not the action scenes per se, and it's not the location scenes and the heavy dialog scenes, but the fact that there is just no let-up; there is no break.

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I called my family, saying, "Guess what? I got a new show. It's about a cop who travels in time." And they said, "I think we've seen that one."

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As actors, we have that in common that we go for slightly out-of-the-box or genre stuff. They're great when they work, but they don't always work. Genre stuff is really hard to pull off, as any fans of it know.

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It's really exhilarating and exciting to be able to meet your fan base and see them in person, and see the lengths that they're willing to go to.

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Every guy needs a pair of beaten up Converse Chuck Taylors. The coolest sneakers in the world.

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I've spent three hours hanging upside down while fighting off dinosaur attacks. That was a lot of fun.

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People tell you not to work with children and animals, and I chose to work with a 7-year-old and several dinosaurs!

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It's nice to have a kind of Batman that isn't the 'I work alone. I'm darkness. I am the night' kind of thing.

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Sometimes the things that scare me are the things I'm drawn to: moving to London, L.A., New York; marrying, having a kid. In order to live a full life, sometimes you have to do things that scare you.

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I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing.

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When I was on 'Terra Nova', I had an Australian iPhone and a U.S. iPhone, different time zones, just a couple differences in the machines, but I was able to keep the international aspect of things in order. But I lost my U.S. iPhone right before I left Australia. Somebody's got it somewhere out there. Send it back?

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I definitely read a lot of Marvel stuff when I was a kid.

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definitely read kid stuff

I didn't care if it was 'Daredevil' or 'Captain America,' I was a fan of all of it. It was just a part of my growing up.

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I've been doing stuff for ABC for a long time, since 2004. I've had several deals with them. Like, 'Life on Mars,' that was a large event for me in my career.

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I think it's refreshing to have a character-driven 'Batman' story that isn't just about action and getting out of scrapes.

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