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I've gotten to play some pretty intense characters and I tend to think it's therapeutic for me.
To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.
You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.
Then I saw Keanu Reeves in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and I know if he can do it, I can do it too.
It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.
Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be... someone else.
I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.
When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss.
I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing.
I don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without wild rumors being circulated. It's crazy.
Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.
Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.
I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.
Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.
I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history - it is a moment for action.
Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!
There is a lot of speculation about what women are attracted to, and there are a lot of misconceptions.
I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.
That's an inspiration for all women to see a woman thinking and moving differently from those around her.
At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.
And now it's your turn - the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet is now.
What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.
It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.
As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way.
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.
(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying.
I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.
I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.
Women have been the most persecuted people throughout all of recorded history, more than any race or religion.
To be honest, I'm not really prepared to do a musical, simply because I think I have a pretty atrocious voice.
I saw all the moral decay you could, beginning at 2 years old. But I also got to see how the other half lived.
A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.
My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task.
I am not of the vein of actors - and I will not pretend to be one - that takes my character home with me. I don't.
I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.
I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?
I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to.
You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.
I've changed. You can't help it. Your mind starts working in a different way. You feel really scrutinised by people.
To put a lot of hard work and effort into a project or character and for it to be recognised, how can it not be nice?
I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.
I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now.
Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.
I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say, 'I hope this movie doesn't glamorise drugs.
It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon.
To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.
Doing what we do [filming], you have to be your own critic and judge and adjudicate as to what you do and how it turned out.
If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do.
A great white jumped into my cage when I was diving in South Africa. Half its body was in the cage, and it was snapping at me.
That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience.