To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.

I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.

I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing.

Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.

As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way.

When I was eighteen, River Phoenix was far and away my hero. Think of all those early great performances - My Own Private Idaho. Stand by Me. I always wanted to meet him. One night, I was at this Halloween party, and he passed me. He was beyond pale - he looked white. Before I got a chance to say hello, he was gone, driving off to the Viper Room, where he fell over and died. That's a lesson.

We were both [ with Russel Crowe] hand-plucked to do [The Quick and the Death]. He had done Romper Stomper and I had done Gilbert Grape and so we were hand- plucked to do this big budget film. So we were both very bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.