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

I think when someone becomes an actor, people say, Aw, you could see it in him when he was little. But I think you can see that quality in every little kid.

I'm an actor, coming from New York theater.

Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die.

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.

I grew up in a small farming town called Concord, outside Charlotte in North Carolina.

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