I've always said it's flattering to be desired, just as it's flattering that people accept the reality of the character you play. But it was always ridiculous to assume that because I could play a gigolo on screen I'd play anything like that role off screen.

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.

I honestly do not think about celebrity or image or sexual expectations on me. It only comes up when people have a list of questions. But what I am told is that there is a quality that I have onscreen, where it's a little bit of everything.

I had a friend in the neighborhood whose father had Playboy magazines, and we would go over and look at them. I remember cutting out pictures and hiding them in my room.

Everyone seems to think they know what acting techniques are. Techniques just help you get to a certain place, but if the thing is happening just by itself you don't need those techniques.

(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director.

Shooting in New York can be a problem... I had to walk through a crowd, come in the front door, and play the scene.