As you get older, you recognize the erotic nature of the vampire and the idea of the undead.

I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

They’re all about where people come from. The only thing important is where somebody’s going.

It's a great honor that something that you took part in creating becomes this forever object.

I trust kids far more than I do adults. Kids give you the honest opinion. They tell the truth.

Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore.

Once you get on the ship, everything is fine. Once you get on land, everything is not so fine.

My experience with Sondheim has been nothing but glorious, especially for a guy who doesn't sing.

Do what you really want to do. Don't play their game! Don't do what they want. Find your own way.

I've always been frightened of karaoke, so I've never tried it. Karaoke scares the hell out of me!

America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive.

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.

I try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.

It's important to keep challenging myself and try to come up with some new face every now and again.

I'm not a great pothead or anything like that... but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol.

She's kind of a walking poem, she's this perfect beauty...but at the same time very deep, very smart.

Wes Craven was the guy who gave me my start, from my perspective, for almost no reason in particular.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.'

I have this fear of clowns, so I think that if I surround myself with them, it will ward off all evil.

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

It's impossible to consider myself a producer. I can barely produce an English muffin, in the morning.

When I got the job, I was sure that I wasn't going to get the job because Tom Cruise almost got the job.

There are these mythic unicorn-y tales of method acting, but Marlon [Brando] wanted to have a good time.

I literally went from being unable to play my rent to being on a plane the next day, being paid peanuts.

Whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it’s like-you just feel dumb. It’s just so stupid.

Nobody's ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren't expecting some return on their dough.

There is nothing on earth that could ever make me want to relive certain years of my life when I was young.

When you disrespect Australian law, they will tell your firmly. Declare everything when you enter Australia.

An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control.

For me, ambition has become a dirty word. I prefer hunger. To be hungry- great. To have hopes, dreams- great.

I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we're all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.

I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.

If anybody is getting their ass handed to them, it's not Al [Pachino]. It's coming [toward you]. I'm psychotic.

I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because I find them the weirdest of all

Me and music. Music was always my first love. It was my first love for sure. And still is a huge part of my life.

I never wanted to be the guy people looked at. I don't think of myself as being a celebrity; it's too mortifying.

Marlon [Brando] showed me that you could do the work and not have to shut yourself off from people or your family.

Well, having no intelligence, I'm looking forward to gaining some, whether artificial, superficial or super-duper.

With Ed Wood, it was this sort of blending of Ronald Reagan, the Tin Man from 'The Wizard of Oz,' and Casey Kasem.

How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.

I'm all for whatever it takes to get wherever you need to get with a character, as long as you don't wipe it on me.

I have a place that I get to go to in the Bahamas. It's the only place that guarantees total anonymity and freedom.

You always miss them [characters you've played] once you've walked away, but part of them always stays with you too.

I want to be Ruler of the Exumas. I like the sound of it. I want to become Kurtz and live like in 'Lord of the Flies.'

I'm not even born yet. I'm still trying. I'm still pushing. I don't ever want to get to a place where I feel satisfied.

I don't drink hard liquor anymore, but I sometimes order Lagavulin just for the smell. It's so good. It's unbelievable.

I was never a cokehead or anything like that. I always despised that drug. I thought it was a waste of time, pointless.

[on buying a private island] Money doesn't buy you happiness, but it buys you a big enough yacht to sail right up to it.

I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.

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