I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

Non-expectation and acceptance. Because expectation leads to resentment and depression, so I have no expectations.

I'm very much a loner. I don't like long relationships with people and I always keep people at a distance.

I'm not a health freak. I just work out every day.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.

On his Hannibal Lector mask: I've got it at home. I wear it to bed every night.