It's beyond my control who's going to cast me or how you're going to pigeonholed, so for me, it's just I want to keep doing different things because I want to get better, so hopefully I'll be hired to do them.

He later appeared in a supporting role in Wedding CraBradley Cooperrs (2005) Yes Man (2008) and He's Just Not That into You (2009). On November 16 2011 People magazine named him Sexiest Man Alive. Later in 2000 he received an MFA in acting from Actors Studio Drama School at The New School in New York City.

He later appeared in a supporting role in Wedding CraBradley Cooperrs (2005) Yes Man (2008) and He's Just Not That into You (2009). His work in Silver Linings Playbook earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 2011 People magazine named him the "Sexiest Man Alive".