Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men..

I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father, and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up sometimes..

In the past, I’ve had my share of good reviews, but it’s always the crazy, scary, weirdo guy. I don’t even know how it happened. Look at me. I mean, ….

I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I i….

Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was ….

It's been said that alcoholics are egomaniacs with low self -esteem. It's the prefect description. Being larger than life and yet your pride is crush….

Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life..

People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the merc….

You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you'll be O.K..

I was quiet, a loner. I was one of those children where, if you put me in a room and gave me some crayons and a pencils, you wouldn't hear from me fo….

I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.

Political correctness has become a straightjacket..

To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego..

The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essent….

What other people think of me is none of my business..

Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you..

You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color..

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that..

I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud..

Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the trut….

We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there..