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I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.
The soundtrack for 'Hemlock Grove' got me into all this goth folk gypsy music like the Dead Brothers.
I watch old 'Truth or Consequences' on Hulu. 'Concentration.' And 'The Match Game' with Gene Rayburn.
I pride myself in being able to survive just about any situation on stage now. I can handle pressure.
You spend your whole life trying to get known and then you spend the rest of it hiding in the toilet.
I always just felt more comfortable just kind of hiding behind a character than being myself onstage.
After awhile, marriage gets a little stale and you're looking for something to scratch that a little.
Actually, I have my own charity that I started that helps supplement families with terminal children.
With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you.
Basically, if I ever went and worked on a crime drama or something, it was usually just for the work.
You get a lot of people requesting photographs but I tend to keep myself to myself, pull my cap down.
'Amores Perros' and 'Once Were Warriors' had a tremendous visceral quality that really influenced me.
I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.
When I was 11 I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.
In terms of the series, we worked separately, getting together in rehearsal to beat out the material.
But after this last year and dealing with the studio, the rest of us are closer than we've ever been.
I'm definitely a singer-songwriter. I'm somewhere in the vein between Elliott Smith and Jack Johnson.
They liked me so long as the liquor flowed at my house, but I haven't seen any of them around lately.
What really got my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers who never wrote their own jokes.
Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.
As for action movies, I did Tarzan, and I'm also about to shoot Meltdown, which John Carpenter wrote.
If I was to put a little flag in everywhere I've been in the world, there'd be a lot of little flags.
Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.
I always was a funny guy, the class clown. I had a very funny dad and an extremely funny grandmother.
There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions.
Duh! So, we're asking you now, what are some of your favorite lines that this warlock brain produced?
I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.
To be an actor you need four things: energy, concentration, a lot of luck and, of course, good roles.
But one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.
I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, it’s great to be a part of and watch.
I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, it's great to be a part of and watch.
'The Mindy Project' is really best when you're loose, and we improvise a lot, and that's what's best.
'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they work together.
Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.
I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage.
I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.
You know, 'Jake 2.0' had some funny things in it; I mean, I needed my sense of humor to do that part.
I've said this before: myself and Tommy Shelby, he's the most unlike-me character I have ever played.
I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.
When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's notice.
I'd always tried to resist playing the supervirility thing. I liked showing the vulnerability of age.
I commuted an hour and a half each way to high school in N.Y.C. I took a bus, a ferry, then a subway.
In 1984 nobody knew what cable was going to be. It was there, but you didn't know where it was going.
Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No.
Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.
When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.
I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval.