How do you rebel in a family of rebels?

I got into film acting because I wanted to be James Dean. We lost him at a very young age - he was only 24 - but I’m 51 going on 52, so there's only so many times you can act like James Dean. I had to find new ways of expressing myself that kept me fascinated with film performance.

I'm always fearful of something happening to people I love. That doesn't go away.

If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.

The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from.

I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.

When I started experimenting with fantasy and horror films and looking for characters who had some sort of emotional or mental difficulty, I saw opportunities to express my music - dare I say art - in a way that I could get a bit surreal.