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" For me, the most challenging thing was developing myself as a songwriter and as a performer and as the leader of a band. And I just did it. "

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" The praise for 'Cape Fear' will help me work more artfully - I can work with real artists, like Robert De Niro and the directors, and then go to artland, which is the best land to be in in this world. "

" If someone tells you over and over that everything's great, you immediately think, 'OK, what's the rest of the story?' "

" My brother has endless footage of us as kids because he had a video camera when we were growing up. The trippiest part was my younger self predicting my future path, like a truth-seer. "

" Whatever I do, I'm always struggling to create a visceral experience. With my music, I'm more of a live performer these days. And film is such a different thing. It's where people sit in a dark theater. I want them to feel me as viscerally as if they were at a live show. "

" I walk into a restaurant, and people stare as though I've just landed from another planet. Every time I walk out in public, it's like the alien freak show has arrived. It does have its advantages. I hardly ever get bothered by the paparazzi, probably because of some of the more edgy characters I've played in movies. "

" For me, a spiritual and existential crisis is the same thing in that your foundation gets rocked. "

" It's always been my dream to have a monster rhythm section that's just all groove and pocket. "

" TV is wild. You just play the role you're given, and you show up and do the best that you can. "

" I actually would not want the pressure of a lead in a series. "

" In my heart of hearts, I'm a character actress, whereas other people play their one strength. "

" There is growth. Get out of the past. "

" Leaving your home can be a fear at times. You gotta make yourself get out. "

" There' s a duality in myself, and it's also what I try and instill in my roles. "

" I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have no poker face. "

" The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit. "

" In my work, I'm always striving to be as honest as possible. "

" Although I missed home, North Carolina is a spectacular place to spend four months. Wilmington has a great downtown area. It is not too small town or too big city. The people were really welcoming and nice. The weather was lovely. "

" The mainstream media is funded by pharmaceutical companies, so when you have the biggest movie star in the world at the time - Tom Cruise - coming out against anti-depressants and Ritalin... they still brutalize him. "

" As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform. "

" If you could place blame on entertainment for all the crimes people commit, you'd be in court all the livelong day. "

" All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life. "

" I don't have an explosive temper. People seem to think that - maybe somewhere lives the lion in my cage. But I'm actually kind of goofy. "

" My eyebrows are a mess. They're skinny; they're dodgy. "

" I recommend everyone wakes up in the morning to Bachman Turner Overdrive's 'Taking Care Or Business' - you'll feel better. "

" Like everybody I have many different sides. "

Different Sides

" I wrote songs when I was little, and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that truth come out yet. "

" I get lonely - I'm not going to lie about that... I kind of signed up in my mind that I'm giving myself wholeheartedly, full-throttle to my creative life, and I don't want to be distracted. "

" Some of my greatest memories are of sleep-away camp; I did that three summers in a row when I was, like, 9,10, and 11. "

" When you become famous at 19, it does a number in your head, so you find romance in the mundane - isn't it so great that a guy would pick me up at my house and take me to a restaurant? "

" Being an actor is like being a bass player: one of the component parts to the collective hole. "