I've always believed that as an actor anything you're asked to do is within you. You just have to try and find it.

When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be.

At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together.

I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me.

Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that?

Early days, I was a bit racked , particularly when I did Hitler, for CBS . That was hellish. That stayed with me for quite a long time.

Hunger's a great spur.