The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.

Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see.

In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid.

I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.

The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.

You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things.

Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look.

My idols are all older.

That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me.

When there's a monster under your bed sometimes it really is best not to look.

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.

100% of the people who give 110% do not understand math.

What is there when the ego is gone? Eternity, love.

The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.

I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to that joy for an artist?

History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.

All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.

Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.