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" Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us. "

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" Cats are impossible to work with. They're just very difficult because you can't really train them. They're not really interested in whatever you want them to do. Dogs want to please you; cats only want to please themselves. "

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

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" 'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other. "

" A movie set is like a petri dish for neuroses, you know? It's just, like, egos and weird personalities and, more than anything, fear. "

" 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 think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view. "

" I have been playing acoustic music for a very long time, and it's something that I am very comfortable doing, so if I made a record, it would probably be a mixture of that and some other things that I'm interested in. "

" What you wear can be such an indicator of so many things. You know, how you feel, how you want others to perceive you. So, that is an absolutely essential part of building a character. "

" I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy. "

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

" The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting. "

" There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something to say, it's a lot of work and a lot of luck. "

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

" I'm so bored by business and money. "

" I was always - maybe stupidly so - very confident. "

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" 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. "

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" I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it. "

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