The Native American side was tragic. It's just unbelievable what has happened to them.

Whatever labels are being pinned on me have nothing to do with me.

The whole Indian thing, I always say it's really the American holocaust. It's something we need to look at.

As an actor, you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you.

I've just done a movie - Albino Alligator - with Viggo Mortensen, who's an actor I idolize. He influenced me in a way that has helped me move toward getting lead parts instead of supporting parts, merely through his presence. So now I tell everyone, as a joke, that I'm entering my Viggo Mortensen phase.

My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much.

Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative.