I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.

I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.

I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.

I love art, I love music. I can listen to Stockhausen and a very experimental, avant-garde approach, and I can listen to Beethoven and have a more classical, traditional approach. Why not be able to do that with film performance?

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 do like to move and get physical in my movies.

Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?