Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

I am a professional actor and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do. They may inadvertently do it, but it's because of the script, not the acting.

If you look a little punkish, then they’re going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.

Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.

I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild.

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.

You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.