People say I make strange choices, but they're not strange for me. My sickness is that I'm fascinated by human behavior, by what's underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people.
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As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.
I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.
With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.
France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster.
Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.
I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.
If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.
The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.
I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.
For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.
I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.
I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.
I think everybody's nuts.
You do the work and you want people to see it; but, um while I'm doing the work, the result doesn't matter at all to me. Ultimately, I don't, I don't care whether the film is - you know - some big giant box-office bonanza and I don't care if its a complete flop. To me, when a film gets made and it's actually finished it's a success. They're all a success in their own way.
You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading.
Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.
Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic.
I remember in that red leisure suit I sort of felt like a Pizza Hut employee, and the white one was the ultimate, with the white turtleneck collar, that was the ultimate in bad taste.
If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me.
There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy.
When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.
I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.
I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.
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