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If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.
I did a lot of jobs when I was a kid - paper boy, grocery boy, all those things. I guess maybe I got a point of view then.
Some directors involve waiting, and if you want to work with that particular director you're going to have to hang around.
The image onscreen takes you forward, it's the driving force of the piece and it's also the information that you're given.
I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films.
In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.
I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education.
I have a lot of respect for aspects of Islam, but I would not choose to live in a theocratically organised Muslim society.
I went to Broadway and I've been doing some fun guest spots with 'Entourage' and 'Glee' and I'm ready to have my own show.
I've always thought that as long as I did the right things and had the right intentions, everything would fall into place.
When I was young, I used to be very frightened of getting older and of death. Now, I'm more resigned to the inevitability.
I have the confidence to stay in my acting career for a long time because I have done all the titles other actors avoided.
Darkness is a lot of what art is and certainly in our community a lot of it is people sort of wrestling with their demons.
There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more.
I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.
To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first.
I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck.
I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.
You have to tell a good story first. If it's a good story, people will be interested. It doesn't matter about the content.
Guys like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sam Rockwell are the guys I look up to and have the kind of career Id like to emulate.
Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that.
I miss her in my bones. I was her big brother. I was supposed to protect her - I could not... It very nearly destroyed me.
I've very much moved on and I want to pursue other things. I've done 'Emmerdale,' I wanted to move on and do other things.
Producers and directors think they have the power, but what they think of as the weakest link, the actor, is all-powerful.
In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure.
I remember the first book I bought, when I was about 11... Dad said, 'What have you got that for? What are libraries for?'
I thought I'd miss cursing, but I actually don't. I still feel like I can get my point across without real harsh language.
I like YouTube; it's really entertaining. A lot of it is crappy stuff, but there are a couple diamonds in the rough there.
I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
I couldn't imagine something asking as much of me as 'House Of Cards.' It's a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.
I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way.
I'm geeky about video games. I don't stay inside a lot and just play them 24/7, but if I had the chance, I probably would.
Sometimes for an afternoon snack, I'll get some tortilla chips and half an avocado, and I'll just eat that like guacamole.
Sometimes you have to wander a bit, and do what you don't want to in order to figure out what it is you're supposed to do.
Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.
Prejudices and preferences exist and will continue to. When you learn how to market yourself, you become less of a victim.
When I was unemployed, I hosted lots of dinner parties. Now I have time to make a pot of soup for the week - if I'm lucky!
I live in Venice, where I can roll out of bed in my pajamas, so I tend to fly under the radar - and I hope that continues.
The breadth of work that's possible is wider and deeper for someone who looks like me in the States than it is in the U.K.
Interesting. You Earth people glorify organized violence for 40 centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately.
I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say, 'I hope this movie doesn't glamorise drugs.
Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.
I don't know what the other celebrity's lives are like but I lead a true celebrity life. I get pampered. I'm always alone.
Because storytelling, and visual storytelling, was put in the hands of everybody, and we have all now become storytellers.
At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.
I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.
The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.
I was always a class clown, so I never had trouble fitting in; I just had trouble finding out where I really wanted to be.
There's really nothing like a live audience right there. When you're in a bad show, you can hear the creaks in the chairs.
If some guy said this to me, I wouldn't listen either, but one-rep max-outs are the dumbest things you can do to yourself.