Over the years, I've been trying to build a relationship with an audience. I've tried to maintain as much of a low profile as I could so that those characters would emerge and their relationship with audiences would be protected.

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Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest,...

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest,...

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies......

As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies......

I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no...

I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no...

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the...

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the...

I went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about...

I went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about...

I liked it because it was such a dangerous script and showed just what human...

I liked it because it was such a dangerous script and showed just what human...

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that...

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that...

For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I...

For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I...

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my...

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my...

I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I...

I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I...

I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters,...

I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters,...

My life will change, because I want it to change; and also because this is...

My life will change, because I want it to change; and also because this is...

It's so easy for us to misperceive and see the things in others that we...

It's so easy for us to misperceive and see the things in others that we...

I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.

I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to...

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to...

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes...

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes...

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just...

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just...

Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were,...

Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were,...