The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film.

There are so many things that have to go right for a movie to be good that it's a miracle whenever one is.

I guess Ive always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.

Music helps define the character and is an extension of the character somehow, so that you are able to use both the songs themselves and the way that you sing them to tell something about the character and his story, as well as develop a performance style.

As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film.

People are always going to identify with what it's like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things.

Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.