Once you get older, you get a little closer to yourself, intimate. I've always been very aware of that, more conscious of who I am, how I fit in the thing as opposed to trying to emulate someone else. Though, sometimes I try to emulate De Niro all the time, who is someone I could never be.

There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense - how do you approach the problem of this character? Sometimes I crack that problem, sometimes I don't.

When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn't a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self. I had faith that I'm capable enough to handle any situation. There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and [that] I'm responsible.

Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids.

My family worry for me because I'm gonna burn in an eternal pit of fire.

Man, if I can get a burp out of that little thing I feel such a sense of accomplishment.