Always maintain the attitude of a student. If you think you've done learning, bitterness sets in, but if you have more to achieve every day, in any arena, that makes each morning's awakening full of potential and cheery portent.

I learned the word non-conformist in fourth grade and immediately announced that I would grow up to become one.

I come from the theater, where I got into acting because I love transforming. I love nothing more than to be unrecognizable.

I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat and also in Kabuki dance and Kabuki theater.

I always drastically changed my look for each role. It's gotten a little tedious in real life, also, because there's no hiding.

Being a man of the theater and a hedonist, I find the idea of building coffins very romantic.

There's a lot of common sense ... which I feel like we have lost touch with.