You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

I’ll never be able to really see a film that I’m in.

his approach to filmmakers and serving his stories.

Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people’s hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

I’m no different to anyone else; I want people to like me. I just don’t particularly want them to understand me.

Weirdness is not my game. I’m just a square boy from Wisconsin.

I love Sam Neill. The thing that I always say about him, and I think it’s true, is he’s so dry. When he’s serious, I think he’s joking; when he’s joking, I think he’s serious.

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.’

The director’s very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.

We’re making up a story that has certain resonance, and that resonance does pertain to what’s going on in the world. Any time a film does that, I think it’s worth doing.

I don’t think people want to see me as a regular guy; besides, I’m a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my work.

I’ve never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women.

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren’t passionate about what they’re doing.

I’m an optimist. I hope if a movie’s good that it will be a success, but as we know, that’s not always true, just because of popular taste, advertising, distribution patterns – there’s lots of...

Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don’t really like. I feel more comfortable with the word ‘performer’. I...

Truth is, generally I like film festivals; somewhere at some level there’s an exchange of ideas.

[I] lie like the truth.

It’s no fun for an actor to keep repeating what you did before. It’s always changing. I’m changing. The target keeps moving. That’s the beauty of it.

In order to inhabit a character, you’ve got to embrace and empathise with them.

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

It makes me laugh when I hear a guy talking about being in touch with his feminine side. But I gravitate towards women; I identify with them. And I do cry very easily, more and...

I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I’m not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I’m the odd one out, the outsider.

Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what’s going on, the movie should work.

some actors seek parts similar to their personalities. But, I prefer undergoing a metamorphosis that depends on the role.

Let’s hope I never end up on a deserted island, because I could never make a decision on which three CDs to take with me.

My dad was a surgeon, my mom a nurse, and they were always out working. I had five sisters and a brother. They didn’t care what I got up to.