Steve Zahn Net Worth

Steve Zahn's Quotes

• I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun. Theater is a big commitment. Most of the time, you sign a five-month contract. You do eight shows a week and have one day off. There's no time to go home.
• You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom.
• The definition of Sahara is '"to have no memory", and it's true. When you go out in the desert, no matter what's going on in your world, you see the dunes and nothing else, and you think of nothing else.
• I have no problem playing the funny sidekick. I'm a grunt; I'm a sergeant, an officer. I'm on point with everyone else.
• [on landing Sahara (2005)] Matthew [Matthew McConaughey] was an executive on it, and he sent me the script and this crazy letter, which was great. I'd never been kind of approached in that way. I was really impressed with the letter, and I read the script immediately and I really was very excited to be offered something in this genre. I mean, I'd never done it before. I thought the characters were good, and I like Matthew. And also it was months of work and I just don't get offered that. I'm not a leading guy. I usually hook up to a film and then, in a month and a half, I'm gone.

Interesting Facts about Steve Zahn

1. Has two children with wife Robyn Peterman: Henry James Zahn (born April 3, 2000) and Audrey Clair Zahn (born April 25, 2002).
2. Is an avid fly fisherman. Owns a farm in Western New Jersey.
3. Graduated from Robbinsdale-Cooper Senior High School, New Hope, Minnesota.
4. Is an accomplished singer/guitarist. He played lead guitar and sang in That Thing You Do! (1996) and played guitar and sang in Evil Woman (2001).
5. Briefly attended the Guthrie Theater Drama School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but dropped out to pursue his film career.
6. Was Tom Everett Scott's best man at his wedding.
7. In July of 2004, Zahn and his family moved from their rural farm in New Jersey to a horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky, his wife's hometown.
8. Met future wife, Robyn Peterman, during a 13-month national touring company of "Bye Bye Birdie", in which they appeared together.
9. Has two children, Henry and Audrey, with wife Robyn Peterman.
10. Gained 20 pounds for Employee of the Month (2004).
11. Parents are Carleton Edward Zahn and Zelda Zahn.
12. He founded a theater company called Malaparte with Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Frank Whaley.
13. Conferred honorary PhD in Fine Arts from Northern Kentucky University 4 May 2007.
14. Lost 40 pounds for his role in Rescue Dawn (2006).
15. One night during the filming of Rescue Dawn (2006), he got up to use the toilet. While urinating, he fainted. When he woke up, he was initially mad at himself for drinking so much. Awakening further, he realized that he hadn't had any alcohol for about three months, and that he had probably fainted because he had lost so much weight for the part. To regain his mental focus, he played video-game golf.
16. Is a Harvard graduate.
17. His surname translates to "tooth" in German. His father is of German and Swedish descent and his mother is of German ancestry.
18. He spent nearly six weeks fighting for a role in Courage Under Fire (1996), up against Matt Damon. The day he found out Damon landed the film role over him, he was offered the part in That Thing You Do! (1996).
19. He shot his entire role in Shattered Glass (2003) in three days, during a five-day break from filming Daddy Day Care (2003).
20. Zahn is a history buff who loves documentary films.