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

I live right under the Hollywood sign, so that every day when I drive home I'm reminded of why I'm here.

I don't separate Robert DeNiro's comedy from the serious stuff. The one thing I realize working with him in all of his work, is that he doesn't do anything unless something happens to him in scenes - unless something happens to make him react. He never came in with a set idea of how he was going to do it, he never came in with guns blazing. He would just show up and wait to see what happened.

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

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.

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

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.