It's very hard to write music for a film because you're writing about somebody else's experience.

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.

It's great to play a rock star. Maybe not so great to be one.

I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am.

I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me.

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

With the movies, you do your preparation on your own. It's much more internalized and ... the actual performance is a kind of, just trying to capture one moment at a time, for the first time.