James Dean was an actor, but he had an amazing legacy in that he became famous for never really growing up, … He’s personified, immortalized as an adolescent character in film, which is fascinating to...

And on top of that, my dad is a professor of literature so he’s very, very smart. So I was always thinking, ‘How I can aspire to be him?’ There was this intimidating aura growing...

I don’t like it when people on the street say ”smile” or ”cheer up.” It’s a real cheap line. I’m feeling good. I’m feeling real grateful for everything. It’s a solid time in my life....

It’s a big problem. I mean the whole San Francisco Bay area is in dire jeopardy.

I wish I had learned more about it in high school, but they didn’t put it in the history books, … I have great respect for the Navajo Code Talkers and their heroic acts.

Don’t lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure.

Hollywood didn’t know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild.

Honeymoon in Las Vegas.

I try to do as many stunts as they’ll let me do. I think it’s important for an audience to feel that the actor’s really doing it.