A lot of people think that they are really cool because they don't outline. In my writing group, they would say, "I will never outline. I let the cha….

From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that's fantastic for me..

For you, o broker, there is no other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration….

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity..

You should not live one way in private, another in public..

I don't have the genetic make-up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it..

I've always been accused by my detractors of some sort of moral failure, cowardice, or even lack of humanity by not portraying the human form. I resp….

When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' o….

History is at once freedom and necessity..

I loved all the parts of him, even the ones I didn't understand..

I don't ever feel a full transition to my character. I don't ever feel like I have left myself, because if I did, I would need professional medical a….

I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin..

I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where you are, thi….

I mean PJ - James Ransone - he was a friend of mine, he probably heard all this stuff, but for the rest of the cast [Valley of Violence], we mostly j….

I don't want to be a stereotype; I want a character that's aspirational..

There are some things that cannot be expressed through words. And that is why we dance..

The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a lot of voice and character..

Death is the only grammatically correct full stop..

Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by….

What are the characters that I discern most clearly in the so-called Anglo-Saxon type of man? I may answer at once that two stickout above all others….

It was really fun and intimate in a way. Working with George Miller is exquisite. Gloria is different from anything I've ever played before. The firs….