I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.

To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego.

I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.

What other people think of me is none of my business.

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.

But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.