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One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday.
I feel like I have to be responsible for what I'm participating in or putting out into the world.
In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray.
I regretted not being a person in shape many a day while we were making this film [Swiss Army Man].
I like the idea of finding parts that I know I can do but I don't totally understand them right away.
For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.
I would not take a girl to a club on a Thursday. I would not take her to a really noisy, swanky restaurant.
Sometimes it's summer camp on location. So it's nice to have a little New York community of people you love.
Some projects go as you hope or imagine, and some change or reveal themselves in a different way; it depends.
I can obviously relate to a character who is an artist, because the creative process is a big part of my life.
I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.
I always have an adjustment period where I'm so happy to be home, but then my sense of purpose is totally gone.
Your director is your main support - actors don't generally give each other advice on set, not in my experience.
I'm not a big shopper. I'm a pretty simple dresser, and that's not my pleasure go-to thing, looking for clothes.
You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - whats written and not written.
There are maybe 100 actors I look up to, but my first two favourite actors were Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson.
You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.
This is so lame to say in a magazine, but I just grabbed some pink wallpaper. I find it to be a very relaxing color.
I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded.
When I'm not acting, I like to go home and be really normal. So I usually grow out my hair until I get the next part.
Let's say honorary favorite New Yorker is John Lennon, and favorite real New Yorker is Biggie, because he's the best.
One of my favorite things I read was John Steinbeck's journals while he was writing 'East of Eden,' which was so cool.
As an actor, the toughest thing is being subject to circumstance. Meaning: What scripts are out there that are available?
I think that the Western went away for a while because part of its function was that it used to be America's action film.
I want to do some bigger films, so long as there's some sort of exciting creative element or a good filmmaker behind them.
I think control is a two-way street; sometimes people want to control things to keep them safe if they are afraid of life.
Of course I think it's a movie for everybody [Insane Farting Corpse], but that's probably just because it's a movie for me.
I think I was almost 12, so I knew who George C. Scott was, but if I could work with George C. Scott now, I'd be so pumped.
One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.
I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school.
Even when I'm alone, my life revolves around film. I think that's why I live in New York, not L.A., where it's so concentrated.
I was actually thinking about starting like an app where you can watch videos of me carrying Daniel [Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man].
I try to leave my work at the door when I leave the set. It's almost like summer camp. You go in hard, then you leave, and it's done.
Being actors is a strange job. To try to go live that out, it's a very strange thing to want to do when you step back and think about it.
I'm a private person, but I don't feel afraid to walk out of my door or anything. I get recognised occasionally, but not overwhelmingly so.
Michael Caine is so happy. Happy and healthy. I think he enjoys life. I think he's 82 now, and I have no clue if I'll be working at that age.
Homeless people really upset me when I was little. A lot of kids have this reaction, but I would get really worried or sad or concerned or cry.
People have asked me about playing outsiders. I don't consider myself an outsider. Maybe that's why I'm interested in that. I'm not really sure.
I think it is important to make sure that I have my real life as well, because Hollywood can certainly seem like an alternate reality sometimes.
I feel like rumors get crazy and people blow up the whole internet with news. I feel like, once you're doing a job, you shouldn't talk about it.
I don't want my learning curve to be stunted by just all of a sudden doing work all the time and not being careful about the work that I'm doing.
I dont normally like getting dressed up, but when I go to events, I like to look put together. Ive got to say, getting in a nice suit feels good.
I don't normally like getting dressed up, but when I go to events, I like to look put together. I've got to say, getting in a nice suit feels good.
I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what was going to happen up there.
The way Hollywood works, you're never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or just another business property.
I would like to do something really big and then something really small, and see what it's like to work in that way, but in front of a live audience.
I love that it's such an uncynical film [Swiss Army Man]. I think it's got a lot of love in there, and I think that's a nice thing in this day and age.
It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And that's probably the best thing about it.
Listening to hard rock on the subway doesn't work for me, especially modern hard rock. Driving in L.A. helped me to understand the appeal of that music.
I'm a sucker for period pieces. There is always great opportunity for research and to delude yourself into feeling like you are in a different time and place.