I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. Yo….

I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I wa….

I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me..

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me..

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening..

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'.

I generally play strong people and scary people..

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth..

I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility..

I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once abandoned thes….

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing..

I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad..

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of televis….

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language..

Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level..

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on..

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way..

It's hard to get concert tickets..

Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another..

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense..