In terms of playing like a straight leading man type thing, I feel like all these guys are kind of not necessarily leading men but straight kind of characters. Even though they may seem bizarre or strange, I feel like I think everybody's nuts. I mean, I really do. And the weirdest thing in the world is to see some guy who is just super earnest.

I really loved the idea of playing opposite Marlon Brando and being the crazy one.

We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we're all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.

if you love two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second.

Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them - certain traits, certain places where you don’t let the world go.

And then, 'Why is a raven like a writing desk?' Those things just became so important to the character. You realize that the more you read it, if I read the book again today, I'd find 100 other things that I missed last time. It's a constantly changing book.

When you realize you're essentially you're God, there ain't nothing on earth more powerful than you, you can do anything you want.