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“I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things.”
“Books … they’re kind of a compulsion for me. To find a great bookstore is a great thing.”
“There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.”
“The size of my head though is pretty abnormal.”
“I got sober when I was 22 years old.”
“Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun for hire.”
“I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.”
“Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.”
“I think I'm less anonymous than I was.”
“When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately.”
“I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it.”
“I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.”
“I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.”
“I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.”
“My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise.”
“To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men I've ever met.”
“I've never been on a cruise.”
“The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.”
“You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.”
“If I don't feel like I'm doing the job well, and I don't know how to get there, or I'm too scared, or whatever, I'm not a happy guy and I'm not pleasant. I'm not pleasant to be around.”