I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

Acting is not a science. Anybody who believes that their success exists in relation to their goals is deluding themselves; unless you think of a career in terms of financial goals. I have nothing against Tom Cruise, but he must have a large capacity to deal with the business side of movies.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

I learned a long time ago that place matters to me, on many levels, and maybe more than it should, but it is generally counter-productive for me to resist it.

I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance.

I sang the songs in 'The Doors'.

Everything in high school was reversed. If marijuana was supposed to make you mellow, I would be like, "The cops, the cops, the cops..." I was what you call the buzz kill.