When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.
You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body.
Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.
To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men I've ever met.
Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.
When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult.
I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.
I like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like also dealing with somebody who's like that.
I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.
Actors are investigators.
I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.
I didn't really buy LPs or go to concerts.
I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it.
Actors are responsible to the people we play.
It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.
My ideal weight is 205, actually.
I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for yourself, because you want to explore some things, and get at the bottom of some things. It's about your life, the quality of your life.
My soul is in good shape.
I think I'm less anonymous than I was.
I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.
