“Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.”

You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.

That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.

Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.

I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.

I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.

A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.

I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.

You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.

[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.

“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.

Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.

I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.

I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.

I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.

Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.

I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.

There is no shame in wanting to heal. It is a chance to rebuild yourself, bigger and better than before.

A series is a big deal, and there are a lot of people out there writing stuff that don’t know what art is.

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.

Make your life about something bigger than your life.

But when I’m writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I’m just impossible to get in touch with, and I don’t spend time with friends.

Wasn’t that a wonderful thing that I had a chance to work with more great actors, big stars, than just about anyone in the history of Hollywood?

A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off.

It’s been exhausting. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done because it’s just so big, and I haven’t had a lot of time.