I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.
When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd jump over things - always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks.
If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?
When I shoot I'll take my family with me - one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home.
The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.
I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'
I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you.
I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.
I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely.
The Israeli accent wasn't one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was very fortunate I had the right amount of time.
I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place.
I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair.
I've worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I'm always watching what they do and I'm watching how the director composes his shots, just because I find it interesting as an actor; you're trying to help them out as well.
I have a theory that I really want my kids to know - the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work.
I like the unknown. I like mystery.
Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.
The longer you have something, the stronger the bond. That's true with people as well as things.
Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting.
A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.
I've given no thought to moving to America at all.
Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn't mean you do it.
I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.
I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me.
The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.
It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.
I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way.
