I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.

I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco.

I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.

You make the choice. You look at each scene and you make sure that this is not a person deceiving people.

The one nice thing about doing a character for a long time is, you begin to feel more comfortable, and you are thinking less and behaving more. It's always best not to be thinking a hell of a lot while you're acting, because you want it to be as spontaneous as possible, not too intellectual. Just behaving and listening to other people who you're doing scenes with. I always like the latter when it looks easy, even though it may not be.

If you're onstage and you're improvising and nothing's happening, people are racing for the door. But the director can go shopping later and pick up pieces and moments and insert them.

It's always best not to be thinking a hell of a lot while you're acting, because you want it to be as spontaneous as possible, not too intellectual. Just behaving and listening to other people who you're doing scenes with. I always like the latter when it looks easy, even though it may not be.