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If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.
It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.
It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.
Part of the way that I work is to observe.
Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.
'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!
I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour... →
When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps.
You don't really ever think you're that crazy person you're playing.
You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help.
I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I have to find... →
As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of... →