As an actor and as a person you come together with being in familiar territory although that has not been my whole life. That's been a part of it. I think a lot of people associate me with the west because of Sundance.

The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it

All my life I've been dogged by guilt because I feel there is this difference between the way I look and the way I feel inside.

Success is a tricky mistress. It's nice to have but it's a tricky thing to embrace.

I can't go into a bar anywhere without someone starting to play 'the Entertainer'.

I think Hollywood... well, there is no Hollywood anymore so let's just call it the mainstream since the business is no longer Hollywood producing its own films and then distributing, they just distribute.

I would see my hometown, Los Angeles, change. Green space and orange groves gave way to cement, freeways flooded with traffic, and air pollution, all in the name of "progress." I felt like I was losing my home. It had a profound effect on me, and I realized just how important nature was to my spirit, my soul, my point of view.