Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.
I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision.
I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.
It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it.
I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist.
All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.
It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.
I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.
The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.
I'm an actor. I play roles in films and theaters. I don't act out, and I don't play people.
I don't want my children to have to wade through the crap to get to the cream, you know. I want them to be aware that I struggled to live with and tell my truth, and that it was a decent thing.
I live in the county where my mother was born and buried.
I like to work. I'm glad; I'm privileged to have work.
When you are a kid, you are beset by fears, and you think, 'I'll solve the fear by living forever and becoming a movie star.'
We get so intellectual that we forget that we're physical creatures.
Where did I study? I went to P.S. 6. I went to Collegiate, Middlesex, Tufts, Juilliard.
I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage.
