You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage that comes with being a known actor just adds to that struggle.

I don't see myself as a different guy than I was ten years ago. I don't have aspirations to be. It's really about where you're putting your energies. That's changing a lot.

I really love to make movies.

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.

I don't think you can get away with putting your talents in a toilet bowl and not having them flushed away. Forever. There is a level of murder of one's soul and of the culture that they're supposed to be feeding vitamins to.