I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance.

I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.

I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can.

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.