The violence is the violence. I understand that we're sometimes squeamish about it, but I think that strength needs to be called on once in awhile, and sometimes that's the only thing that will work.

Playing characters that speak a very violent language was my livelihood.

I did the David Cronenberg film, A History of Violence, with Viggo Mortensen and I played a real sociopath. For the next seven years, I played the psycho-of-the-week.

I boxed through college and I played college level football. I was a linebacker.

If you give a scene enough room to breathe, actors will hopefully find those magical moments.

The world is a dangerous, unstable place and sometimes there are casualties and struggles for power.

Within the stability of a family struggle, when there's less chaos, you can have the most soul-searching and the most digging to find out what and who you really are.