A full beard looks cool.

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.

I have an accountant, obviously, because I'm self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness.

Keep a positive mind. Remember, a failed attempt doesn’t make you a failure—giving up does.

I rebel

But we live in a karaoke society... Many people feel they have to dance to someone else's tune, to sing someone else's song.

As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest.

Do it and do it now. Err on the side of taking action

Literally since I could walk... I was performing.

We have been mysteriously gifted this amazing life. Let us not complain.

Every time you try to encourage someone else, your own soul will be flooded with a light and glow of peace and good cheer.

The artist's life nourishes itself on the particular, the concrete.

A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself.