Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.

A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.

For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do