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" A personal game-changer was when Ridley Scott cast me as King John, the King of England, for 'Robin Hood.' "

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" I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people. "

" I really just like characters who you don't know where they stand for a long while. It's like people. You hang out with them for 10 years, and then all of a sudden they do something, and you say, 'Who are you?' That's more interesting. In life and on-screen. "

" I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college. "

" I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player. "

" I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.' "

" My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I wanted to learn to play guitar, so I got an acoustic and started taking lessons. I wanted to be able to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen. "

" I was interested in the war part of 'Star Wars,' so I started reading about what it's like to go to war, what that does to you psychically, about the adrenaline and the rush. "

" J. J. Abrams is amazing. "

" I was never much of a singer. I was terrible. It's embarrassing: I was trying to sound like everybody else. I went through a big Cure phase, so I was trying to do that kind of dramatic voice. "

" I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot. "

" I grow up in the States, in Miami, but I was born in Guatemala, and my father's Cuban, and in 'Body of Lies,' I played an Iraqi. "

" The songs I've written that are the strongest, I'm like: 'I don't know where that came from. It just kind of popped out.' You feel you can't take a whole lot of credit for it. I didn't purposefully will it into existence. "

" I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York. "

" All of my high school issues are resolved! "

" I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the movie 'Legend,' and the Devil suddenly smiles, and I was like, 'It's the same guy!' It was a total Keyser Soeze moment. "

" I'm really sick of anthems. Every song has to be a very big singalong thing - it feels very Eighties. There are a lot of 'whoah whoa whoahs,' this stadium thing. You're even getting that from some of the 'folk' groups. I can't stand it. "

" There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices. "

" A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated. "

" If you can find a way that your principles are actually the strategically smartest thing to do, you've kind of figured it out. "

" For me, with a character, you start with the shoes. "

" I think romantic passion is wanting a little something in return. "

" I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home. "

" My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans. "

" I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role. "

" My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason. "

" I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands. "

" I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently. "

" The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment. "

" I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part. "

" Talent is very hot. "