A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

I can't find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. 'Where's my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person.'

I had a vocal coach. It's a sad thing, but I had to hire someone so that I could get my Australian accent back.

For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.

My accent's become a weird hybrid.

So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor.

I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.

...to slip beneath the surface and soar along the silent bottom of the sea agile and shining in water honeycombed with light.

A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.

Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter once said, 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.' Well Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

Who is this Baby Ruth? And what does she do?

Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about governments failure to fix real problems.

Give yourself freedom to try out new things Don't be so set in your ways that you can't grow.

If the character has the motivation to dance round trees, then I will dance round trees. If the motivation is strong enough, then I'll fly to the moon.

Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpion.

Your intuition will most likely push you gently toward taking some appropriate risks and trying new things.