There's the whole Mad Hatter's dilemma, it was the amount of mercury that they used in the glue to make the hats. Everything was damaging. So, in terms of the Mad Hatter, looking at it from that perspective of this guy who literally is damaged goods, physically damaged, emotionally a little obtuse, and taking that and deciding that he should be - as opposed to just this hyper, nutty guy - he should explore all sides of the personality at an extreme level.

People cry, not because they're weak. It's because they've been strong for too long.

I'd rather fight a buzzsaw than dance.

Success doesn't change you... It reveals you

My experience with Sondheim has been nothing but glorious, especially for a guy who doesn't sing.

Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore.

I'm a big fan of revenge, I think [Sweeney Todd] it's a story of a man who clearly has obsessions to avenge the horror that happened to him.