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'The New York Times' thing ... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.

I lived in Texas for 10 years.

The corridor smelled of water in the bottoms of purple vases and the piano was banging just beyond this emptiness.

Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps.

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.

I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

Part of the way that I work is to observe.

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'

If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.

You don't really ever think you're that crazy person you're playing.

Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.

It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.

Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.

I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.

If the birds sing, the nudes are not far off.

I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything.

I don't have actor training myself.

I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.

It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm - and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help.

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.

I generally play strong people and scary people.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

It's hard to get concert tickets.