The white male is one of the easiest things to be. There's always a job; there's always something for you to do.
I don't think film actors need training, really, but I needed any help I could get.
I've never not been proud of the work I was doing; I have nothing I have any shame about.
Do you know Don Coscarelli? 'Bubba Ho-Tep?' That's one of my favorite movies in the world. And I love the 'Phantasm' movies.
Am I an anxious guy? I think I have been called upon as an actor a lot to access emotions like that. But I don't really think I am a big worrier. I don't see myself like that. But I guess other people do. Which is maybe worrying in itself.
The problem with getting injured when you get older is that it takes longer to recover.
When I did 'Lady in the Water,' the most exciting thing to me was to get to work with Bob Balaban - I couldn't leave the guy alone. I drove him crazy. He's fantastic and a hilarious guy.
I was an English major at Yale, but I did do undergraduate theater there. And I went to the graduate school for acting.
I really do like a really good science fiction movie and a really good horror movie. Those are the kinds of things I really like. But, I mean, I'm not into sort of like slasher movies. I like a really good science fiction movie, which is hard to do. They don't make many really good ones any more.
I really only started doing film in '97. I mean, before then, I just pretty much did theater.
My father died in 1989 before I knew what I was going to do with my life. I had just graduated from college. My mother died just before 'Sideways' came out. She knew I was an actor, but she never saw me become successful.
I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to.
'Rosemary's Baby' is a real New York movie, even though you wouldn't necessarily think of it as one, though I do.
I want to be a villain with steel hands or something. I want to be the crazy, world-domination-obsessed villain. I would love to be a Bond villain.
In a weird way, I like to find the quirkiness in ordinary things. I like to find what is ordinary in quirky people.
Honestly, I never wanted to be more than a good supporting actor. Really, I enjoy it.
