I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.

You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played. They're all really far from who I am.

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.