Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life..

There's also some element of coming of age during the Reagan administration, which everybody has painted as some glorious time in America, but I reme….

I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff..

The minute you realize that your options are unlimited, things just start falling into place all around you..

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?.

If you're a movie star, there's a cycle you go through: adoration, adulation, you're used, and then you're discarded. And it happens again and again,….

I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a lo….

Radical Islam and US exceptionalism are in bed with each other. They're like lovers, methinks..

I'm a paranoid schizophrenic. I am my own entourage!.

I grew up in Evanston and lived in Chicago for a long time, in Old Town and Wrigleyville. I did three films when I was in high school. The first was ….

Every role you do is kind of a side of yourself. That's why they give you the part..

We've got to force the Democrats to get a spine. If they don't want to have a spine, we should throw them out. If they don't want to stand up for the….

Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, t….

With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you….

Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time..

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide..

I think that taking night trains or meeting someone on the road is pretty romantic. I've done a couple of things like that. I've surprised someone in….

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold….

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right..

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the….

Did you know that the word person comes from the Latin word persona, which means mask? So maybe being human means we invite spectators to ponder what….