I don’t think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did.
The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
We love things that are convenient.
I do a lot of ceramics.
I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it’s a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.
In life and in movies, it’s a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.
I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family.
There’s a bit of the kid in me.
You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can’t fully realize it until you have children yourself.
Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use through my observations of real life.
I don’t really care about having more fame than I have.
I think there’s a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.
I had a great ’70s. I survived it, and that’s always good news.
I’m not real good at romance.
Well, I’m not a big sports fan.
I’ve done several commercials and I’ve done voiceovers for documentaries.
Well, when we made ‘Tron’ there was no internet, no cellphones.
Unlike Texas Rangers, we actors don’t have a stop date, so I don’t know about retiring. Sometimes I want to stop acting, but then you get a good script!
Yeah, I’ve been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.
Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don’t know if it’s a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by.
I’m always busy, but I’m lazy as well.
Live like you’re already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.
Directing takes a lot of time.
So I have this word for much of what I do in life: ‘plorking.’ I’m not playing and I’m not working, I’m plorking.
My photography is mainly focused on my work making movies, which I’ve done my whole life. I think I have a perspective that not many people have. And I get to take advantage of all of the strange sources of light on a set.
Often when I finish a film I’ll have that feeling inside me: ‘I never want to do this ever again. I don’t want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.’ And then, thank God, that feeling goes away after a month or so and I’m raring to go again.
Normally, we push away the things we’re scared of.
One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.
It’s easy to point out the evil in other people, but that can be found in all of us. That selfishness, that is something we all have in us. Sometimes you are successful at dealing with it, and sometimes you are not.
I wish I were more disciplined.
I’m pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull’s-eye or target that I’m aiming for.
My approach to working in movies is to empower the director to have power over me and to really support his vision because he’s the guy, at the end of the day, who’s going to put it all together.
That’s one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.
If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads.
Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction.
When I’m working, on sets or stages, my contracts specify in the rider that no plastic bottles be used. When I’m playing with my band, we all use metal and non-plastic containers for drinking to be ecologically sensitive and show others that this is the way to go.
The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.
You have these big $200 and $300 million movies with special effects, and I’ve always thought, ‘Gee, why don’t we make 30 movies instead of one $300 million movie?’ Let’s shake it up a bit; wouldn’t that be a better bet? Evidently not.
I’m kind of an idea guy.
One of the things I want to do that’s outside the realm of acting and the arts – although both have their place in this – is ending childhood hunger here in America.
The Oscar nomination is great. It’s a great pat on the back. And I like that.
I don’t know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.
Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.
When a story is told really well and is real, even if it’s not about their own lives, people can apply it to themselves.
I don’t have too many plans filled out. I know I want to keep doing more music. I’ve got a couple of albums worth of songs I’d like to put it out there. As far as movies, I just want to continue how I’ve been doing it: working with terrific people is certainly on my agenda, and then doing stories that interest me.
Words fall short sometimes.
I resist life.
Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it’s all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
I never read reviews of something I want to see.
Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn’t so good.
Life is having its way with me now. And I’m really pleased.
Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain’t no king, man.
What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don’t match up you kind of kick to the curb.
Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you’re going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don’t pay you for.
With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in – and once you’ve chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.
I don’t have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites.
I’m a longboard guy.
This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.
A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is – that appeals to people.
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