I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul.

I think it's the same simple thing for everyone - to be happy, and have love in your life.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

I think I am pretty much melancholic.

I need relationships, but sometimes when I am in one I feel claustrophobic. It is about feeling that I still have my freedom, that I have choices. I don't look back on the past because I like to live in the present. I know this makes some people think I probably never cared, but I need my freedom and I like to keep moving.

What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy.

People think actors have such glamorous lives, but the truth is actors go where nobody wants to go.