Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and family and friends, and I don't like bad things. I don't think they're funny, and it's irresponsible to make movies that don't show you how that's not good.

I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a black hole for actors. Now, television has a certain cache. Now everybody wants to be on TV because they're doing adult dramas. If you're an actor, it's like, "Well, get me on television," because it's the only place you can do it and also make a living at it. If my kids need shoes, I better do a TV show because I damn sure don't make any money with independent films.

I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it.

My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too.

I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid.

Anytime you get a chance to play some extreme character, in any direction, it's always a great blessing.

These days and times you can't do eclectic records. In the '60s you could, but not anymore.