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.

When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it.

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

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

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.

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

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life .