I wanted to be kicked and hit and bruised up and beaten. It became something that was an absolutely necessary part of every day for me.

I played sports in high school and in college.

I wanted to be kicked and hit and bruised up and beaten. It became something that was an absolutely necessary part of every day for me.

I think anytime a movie can inspire you to think and reflect and look at your life, it's a success.

We all come from different levels, and I think every human has their own relationship to violence, athletic violence and fighting.

At the end of the day, it's a show [Daredevil ] not about a superhero, but it's about a man. Hopefully, that's what we're doing with The Punisher, as well. It's an enormous honor to play this character. It's a character that's quite iconic and very important to a lot of people.

I think so many great artists are flocking to LA because the downtown art scene is so vibrant, there is cheap living and you can really flourish as an artist there. There is an unbelievably supportive and really smart, talented theatre audience in LA full of young, hungry, vibrant people. It's something that sort of makes me think of what New York must have been like in its downtown theater scene in the 1980s - before my time.