To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

I think that the best characters are the ones who both manage to be attractive and repulsive at the same time.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

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 never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.'

The only reason why I tend to pass on a movie is either I don't think I'm right for the material and can't play it honestly, or because of time constraints with personal things in my life.

Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.