You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

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It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't...

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't...

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me...

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me...

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me...

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me...

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went...

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went...

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial...

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial...

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be...

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be...

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it...

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it...

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was...

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was...