Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!

I generally play strong people and scary people.

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

I have come to think that's where Heaven is, a place in the memories of other where our best selves live

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

Elected office holds more perks than Elvis' nightstand.

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

If only Heaven will give me just another ten years... Just another five more years, then I could become a real painter.

I love working with women directors. They don't mind making you cute.

I am a big barbecue-sauce guy.

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free.