The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.

Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

Im a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101.

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

What is this place?’‘Heaven.’ She laughed, ‘with better drinks!

Just a perfect day, problems all left alone.

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.

We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be.

I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.

We are built with a passion in our heart for the things that we're meant to do.

Lev smiles. "Leave it to you to turn someone else's screwup into gold

I stroll along serenely, with my eyes, my shoes, my rage, forgetting everything.

Revere the body and care for it, for it is a temple.

They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food.