I'm much more character based. I try to just be really committed to what I'm doing.

Surprising people is the key to career longevity for someone like me.

Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required.

That's one of the difficult things of being an actor that I'm still not used to. You have to go, you have to show up at these places where you know nobody, and sometimes with really impressive, high stakes people like Roman Polanski.

Acting's all about the confidence you exude, especially on film. I mean, nervousness isn't attractive in anyone, but a film camera will seek it out and punish you.

An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again.