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I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept.
I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.
I'm a big goofball, you know. Don't tell anyone that, but I'm a big goofball. In Australia we call it a dag.
I have a wife and a son, but the gay rumors have started. I guess it's a sign that I'm moving up the ladder.
The three roles that I have always admired are Valjean, Phantom and Jesus and I've enjoyed them all so much.
My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film.
If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors.
For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
I've always had an urge to feed my need to have fun and feel free. I don't see any interesting alternatives.
That's what I like about the movie business: you're always in contact with wonderful and interesting people.
I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything.
If you'd ever told me that my Broadway debut would be playing Spider-Man, I would have laughed in your face.
I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.
When somebody is doing something really funny, in real life and as a performer, my instinct is to join them.
Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait.
I don't have a computer - I don't like to get into it that much 'cause it can screw with your head a little.
People love watching medical dramas - they also love watching documentaries about the workings of the brain.
People expect me to be stupid. I'm not saying I'm Stephen Fry, but it is amazing the perception people have.
A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.
I feel incredibly fortunate I walked away, took care of other business, and then came back to show business.
When I went off to college in 1997, I didn't go back and watch 'Conan.' I was out partying and dating women.
I get up at 5 A.M., and I train hard. I've got two young children, so I have to get up early. But I like it.
People have a lot less leniency for some reason for women straying from a relationship than they do for men.
The funny thing about any cop uniform is that people will do what you say when you're wearing a cop uniform.
Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.'
If it's going to really make them happy for me to do it, I'll do Walken. I've got no problem with it at all.
Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.
I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.
That's one of the things that's great about acting. You can play all the different aspects of a human being.
You know, it's really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.
I got to meet one Chief of Staff: Sam Skinner. He was Chief of Staff at the end of George Sr.'s White House.
Women are surprised to see me on the street - like they're seeing a ghost. There's a lot of crying involved.
I don't like show business. I don't like the business. I love acting. I love this. I love talking to people.
I grew up in San Fransisco in a very liberal community. My environment was very, very open and very liberal.
My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost.
I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.
My mission in life is to try and get to a point where my insides world is not affected by the outside world.
So I take a little sleeping pill, pop it and realize nothing's happening - but something else was happening.
In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.
I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.
I know what I like and what I want, and I can sit and enjoy every 10 minutes that go by. And truly enjoy it.
In general, you don't want to move your kids when they're teenagers. They're not going to be happy with you.
One lawyer told me that he never drinks water or eats in front of the jury because they can't do either one.
I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting.
I was quite badly behaved at school - I remember cutting class - and acting was a way of channelling energy.
A lot of shows start at one place, and then each episode is like a new little circle, often getting smaller.
My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.