Sam Rockwell

“I grew up on films.”

“I do everything I can to have a diverse career because I just want to have options. I know that I can do Hamlet or I can do Stanley Kowalski, you know.”

“I had a great time with John Duigan; he's pretty amazing.”

“One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.”

“Anjelica Huston and Kelly MacDonald are both really special. Anjelica has such a fresh point of view about acting and doesn't seem jaded at all. She seems more like a student and yet she is veteran actor who really brings it.”

“I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.”

“I have a constant sort of melancholy approach to acting that fuels me. I want to do everything.”

“My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.”

“I'm happy that I'm finally getting some lines in my face. I always looked too young for the kind of roles I wanted. It was constraining. My face didn't fit my innards until I reached 40.”

“Money is power and power gives you choice.”

“I used to break dance. I can do some good James Brown footwork. But now I think I've danced too much. My girlfriend made fun of me: 'Enough with the dancing.'”

“Some actors don't want to, but I prefer to. I like to collaborate. Sometimes you have to keep it to yourself, and people want to do their own thing.”

“After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so many years wanting to be older.”

“I don't keep secrets from my parents, really; it's pretty open.”

“I've done a lot of sorts of films that are under the radar.”

“I took a break after 'Confessions.' I was real picky. And then I suddenly realized I hadn't worked in a year. And I was sort of, like, not really happy. I think people are happier when they have structure, you know? You realize that as you get older. You have to have rituals and structure.”

“I have memories of films that nobody ever saw, that I was very proud of, and those are still great memories.”

“I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.”

“It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.”

“I remember being very influenced by 'Taxi Driver', and also Tommy Lee Jones in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' a little bit.”