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'House of Wax' is a remake, but 'House of Wax' is very different. It's like a background concept, but it's a completely different story.
Modeling was successful for me. I didn't have to wait tables or anything like that, so that was nice. And I got to see the entire world.
There is a lot of underground type of fighting going on and some of it is not safe, it's pretty brutal. But it's absolutely fascinating.
I'm really grateful for the opportunity I had on 'Boardwalk Empire,' just because it was very different than anything I'd done onscreen.
I have always been very fortunate in my working life in terms of the, I say that like I've not been fortunate at all in my private life.
My mom was always driving me back and forth to guitar lessons, growing up. She was super supportive and probably my biggest cheerleader.
I started watching 'The Stooges' religiously and obsessively when I was probably about four or five years old till around the age of 18.
One of the reasons I stay in New York is because you're always around so many other types of arts, and it's easy to just get lost in it.
You got to control your own destiny. You got to keep writin different stuff. Keep switchin up and never do the same thin too many times.
What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got to be something a little bit loose in there.
I find it difficult to fully enjoy musical theatre songs if I don't know the storyline of the show they are from as well as the context.
Well, I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer and then I got a job as an actor.
I like to go to work, and also, I don't have any kids. I don't have any hobbies. I don't like to travel. So going to work is kind of it.
Men and women are custodians of this society, and we both decide what's going to happen for our future. I feel that very, very strongly.
Just got back from a 5 day camping trip. No phones, no Internet, no problem. It was great. Now time for a hot shower. I absolutely reek!
I haven't been approached to do a 'Doctor Who' movie. I think they would be scraping the bottom of the barrel if they asked me to do it.
I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse.
I sound like a damn commercial, but half the crap in this house is from Wal-mart. The big deal about Wal-mart is that its open 24 hours.
I want families to come together, and on the corporate side, I want you to know that there are men out here who stand for righteousness.
I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.
Money has never been important to me. I come from garbage. I'm a sewer rat who made it here. I have no interest in money and never have.
Theres a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.
You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
I didn't take writing seriously at first - I didn't think I could do it. When I did, I fell in love with it. But writing is very lonely.
I have to own the fact that I'm a black man - that's why I did 'Black Panther' and 'Widows' because if I play the industry game, I lose.
I read an interview with Aaron Sorkin and he said he plays every part when he's writing. I thought, "Oh, I do that too! I'm doing okay."
People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am.
I like old cars, old watches, anything with a vintage, antique kind of a feel to it. I'm just more in tune with that than anything else.
Life for me in Los Angeles required medication. I spent nine years being sad and down in the dumps. L.A. doesn't work with my chemistry.
To me there's a difference between success and satisfaction. A lot of people have success and no satisfaction. I'm after satisfaction. I
You know, I grew up watching all kinds of films. So, as an adult, I wanted to be involved in all kinds of plays and television and film.
If you will excuse me, your coat lapels are badly twisted downward, where they have been grasped by the pertinacious New York reporters.
When I watch a comedy that's just hitting you over the head with jokes constantly, some really hit, but if they miss, you're like, 'Eh.'
Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court.
If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
Hollywood is a place where if you abide by the rules and laws, you can get depressed. That's why faith and spirituality is a higher law.
Charlotte is a very interesting place - I'm Canadian, but I've lived in Toronto, Vancouver, and I've been living here in L.A. for years.
I don't want to come and conquer American films or the American market. I just want to do movies that I care about, stories that I like.
I was in 'Harry Potter,' and nobody on the street recognizes me from that. Nobody on the street has ever stopped me from 'Harry Potter!'
I'd like to go on a hardcore safari in Africa, something off the beaten track with anti-poaching people and camping out in the savannah.
I want to see somebody go to jail over the financial crisis and not just black, brown and poor whites over humbles and minor drug beefs.
Imagination is our ability to see inwardly and picture there that which has not yet appeared outwardly. Imagination is God's gift to us.
You come across quite ordinary, nondescript people in daily life, and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage, too.
I always tell younger filmmakers, it's not just about the acting or the art itself. It's about how big of an audience watches your film.
It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.
I like to mimic my grandkids. I'm trying to understand the intensity of fixation on a leaf. Kids don't need anything else in their life.
Maybe I'll give Broadway a try. But you know what would be great? Hosting the Oscars. I promise you, that would be a show no one forgot.
This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
The Daily Show was an incredible training ground for that kind of thing. It was all about discipline and generating material constantly.
My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I don't have to do anything I don't want to.