I want to be a positive force in the world, I would like to make people happy.

Movies are great, but the real romance happens right here, somewhere - real close-up. I really couldn't have done it if I hadn't been through a lot one way or another. Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased, so it's not a pleasant feeling!

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other.

The character is what trips you up - the thing of, "I'm going to get so dark in this character that I'm going to get lost in a character." You can't get lost in a character. You can only think you're lost in a character.

Movies find me, and I kind of just allow them to find me.

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Risk being seen in all of your glory.

Christmas was really where I started coming into my own as a performer because I did all this stuff on my own, all this performing on my own. When other kids were outside playing, I was in my room conjuring characters and impressions and things like that.