I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and state in America, I don’t believe in God, but if I did I would say that sex is a Godgiven right. Otherwise it’s the end of our species.

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.

If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like hes a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that youre on your way into the grave.

There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.

I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself.