The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the world that they inhabit and what the story wants to tell. That's really what inspires me.

But I did 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.' They made a cereal out of it, so once you've had a cereal, it doesn't get much more surreal than that. Surreal cereal.

Tattoos are interesting, but at the same time they are also a mask - you are exhibiting your past life on your body.

It carried quite a wallop. I have all the classic symptoms. Reflection. Where am I now? Where have I come from? What's important? Dealing with the moment of a different kind of feeling for mortality. Shifting of the body. Contextualizing or reevaluating behaviors and values. All those kinds of things.

Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic.

Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.

It's hard to act in the morning. The muse isn't even awake.