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I've always been really hot on westerns. All my life growing up, cowboy, cowboy, cowboy.
Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
I like 'Breaking Bad' and 'Game of Thrones.' I like that era. I like that fantasy world.
I'm not of a science background, I was never a comic book geek, and I was never a gamer.
I awaken. I consume oxygen, then bacon, eggs and black coffee, then my wife, then bacon.
It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent.
Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.
The best character types are the ones you can be creative with and totally delve into...
I would like any type of character that I could be creative with and totally delve into.
We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.
Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf.
The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line.
It's not enough just to be real; you have to try to make it interesting or entertaining.
Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.
Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
The trouble with the Internet is that it's replacing masturbation as a leisure activity.
I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.
For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
In a normal movie, you'd never see one guy talk for an entire page, whether good or bad.
It's a funny thing. You sort of never figure it out with acting. You're always learning.
I've definitely been in ruts, and I think having some kind of perseverance is important.
If you have no enemies, you have no character. Taking a stand always creates opposition.
I want to give every single character the dimensions and complexity of a main character.
I've always had issues with factory farming. That was always something that bothered me.
I try to preload as little as I can. I like to come to the set with minimal preparation.
I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.
It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.
I could make the title of my memoirs: 'It's got cinematic disaster written all over it.'
My gift seems to be that I am able to tell a story in a comprehensible and engaging way.
In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.
You're always going to have to prove yourself, because acting is such a capricious game.
If I knew I could never come back to Ireland, to England, I think I'd fall off the tree.
I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.
I remember I was like five or six years old; I played the devil. That was my first role.
Rectify is un-busy. It might soothe you, if not distract you, from all you got going on.
In stand-up, there's that idea that comedy comes from a dark place, but it's not a rule.
'Sound of My Voice' is an amazing film. Small, simple, yet incredibly thought provoking.
My optimistic outlook on life is to sort of be positive and take everyone at face value.
When I do the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I always go across to Loch Ness and stay there.
'The Robe' was lousy but an almighty hit. I was dull as ditchwater and an almighty flop.
When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.
I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.
There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.
I can bring in experiences that other actors who only grew up in television do not have.
You never know if anything is going to stand the test of time or going to be successful.
I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair.
It's hard for young people to understand when you tell them how great relationships are.
I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.
I never understood the nudity thing. I’m so envious of people who can walk around naked.