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I act because it's the one time I'm sure of my identity. There's no doubt. It's on paper.
The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.
I'm a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust - you adopt it from being a New Yorker.
I think there's something we all relate to about...wanting to get to our most primal self.
You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'
We've come a long way, from where we've been. I'll tell you all about it when I see you again.
For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.
Nothing comes easy when I'm in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.
I believe in paying special attention to every project that you do and supporting the projects you do.
It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.
My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.
That's what I love. I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a Gentleman is a matter of choice.
The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace all the time.
When your co-stars are 9-month-old babies, you fall in love. You start thinking, When am I going to have my own?
When I got on the set of 'Saving Private Ryan,' I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer.
It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
The man who raised me is black. Culturally, he made me who I am. He was a theatre director, so he also guided me artistically.
I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.
A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.
The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
Rated R movies are few and far between, nowadays. We're all seeing less and less rated R movies, and less and less of them are being made.
If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for Iron Giant, and I'm not even on the screen.
The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We've all experienced that, in one way or another.
If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for 'Iron Giant,' and I'm not even on the screen.
I grew up the son of an acting teacher but I've never been really good at articulating what that process is. It was always a bit more internal.
I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.
I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: "If I'm not a star by the time I'm 18, I'll get out of the business."
If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.
I'm not really afraid of the dark, except if I'm walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.
The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick' franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.
I'm a fantasy guy. So I brought the fantasy element to the Riddick, David Twohy brought the sci-fi, and it came together.You see that in every aspect of the film.
Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
I grew up in an artists community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.
I grew up in an artists' community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.
I'm an actor. I can do whatever I want. As an actor, not everything has to be the most obvious choice. And sometimes, the best thing you can do is to defy expectations.
The thing I'm scared of most is not fulfilling my work. There's so much anxiety around trying to get a movie made that you don't really get to be afraid of anything else.
I always want another actor to shine in my scene because it makes the film stronger. I would encourage people to scene steal, because filmmaking is a collaborative effort.
I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.
You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality. You don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.
You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality, you don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.