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“Really, I still just think of myself as a Northerner, ultimately. It's in my DNA. I'll always have those Northern qualities. We can be mischievous. We can be bold.”
“I find 'Chainsaw' to be a very relaxing film.”
“There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.”
“There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.”
“It's amazing the things that you cry at. I cry when I smell my son's hair in the morning. We have a moment of peace and I'll be like, 'Ahhhh! How can you love this much?'”
“I could quite happily run a florist or a bake shop.”
“I was obsessed with vampires when I was 13 or 14.”
“I do what I do; I can't control who thinks what.”
“That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for me, because I suddenly... I have my methods as an actor, so I went to the place of 'If somebody came near my children, with bad intent?'”
“I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.”
“One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.”
“I'd love to do a comedy. Umm, I don't know when that will happen - maybe when I'm, like, 80 or something. But yeah, I'd love to. I'm just waiting for the right person to see my hilarious nature and offer me a comedy.”
“I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.”
“I'm sad I'm not in 'The Purge 2.'”
“It's a feeling without a lid, of what you would do, physically, verbally, to protect the one thing that is your greatest love.”
“Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.”
“I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.”
“There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.”
“I'm small but quite tough. When incensed, I can swing a punch.”
“Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.”