That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

I'm not digging tunnels, I'm not building buildings. My work is not hard, my work is refreshing, my work is pleasant. The more the better. Lying around and getting no job is debilitating.

My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them.

I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring.

That is a big turn-on for me, a director who knows what he's doing and what he wants, and knows when he's gotten what he wants.

Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single ‘victim’ of Columbine?

There's an exercise we do where someone is sat behind you and you're asked to close your eyes and fall backwards. That's acting.