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" I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor. "

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" I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor. "

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" Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me. "

" I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write. "

" I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do. "

" I love working with Scorsese. He's not only a brilliant director and is great working with actors, but he's also a walking human film encyclopedia. It's fun to talk about movies with him. "

" Growing up, yeah, I had a magic kit with learn tricks and learn card tricks, but I was never... I used to watch whatever magic special was on as a kid, but then, it's not that I lost interest, but to be a magician, you really, it's really hard work. Learning lines is hard enough; learning sleight of hand, that's real practice. "

" It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting. "

" The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is. "

" Shooting in sequence, I think it intensifies everybody's relationship, the crew, the actors. You have to be very focused, and shooting at night is a challenge because you get tired. I think it requires a special kind of concentration, but it's also exhilarating. "

" I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting. "

" It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good. "

" Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. "

" I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years. "

" I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan. "

" I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. "

" I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way. "

" Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low. "

" I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path. "

" I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors. "

" With Animal Factory you'd think that because it's mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system. "

" Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for, like, a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days. "

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" I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it. "

" The thrill of performing - that's something that hasn't changed for me. That simultaneous joy of creating something and sharing it with an audience - it's the same now as it was then, when it was just my cousins' birthday party. "

" I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play. "

" They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping. "