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" I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die. "

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" It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it. "

" I don't want my children to have to wade through the crap to get to the cream, you know. I want them to be aware that I struggled to live with and tell my truth, and that it was a decent thing. "

" I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people. "

" I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go. "

" The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact. "

" I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations. "

" I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision. "

" The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not. "

" Post-adolescence reaches usually into the late 30s. "

" Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study. "

" I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night. "

" We get so intellectual that we forget that we're physical creatures. "

" The point is that there are challenges within techniques. When you differentiate in technique, you challenge yourself; you ask yourself the same question in a new way. "

" For as privileged an actor as I have been, TV as a standard is short shrift. They have to do it so quickly that they don't stop and take a look. They just shoot. So that's one of the reasons I typically stay away from it. I think art is an act of consideration, and if you're not considering, I don't think you're really doing mankind a favor. "

" If you don't exercise, you don't stay strong. I like to work with talented people. "

" I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process. "

" I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either. "

" I'm never happier than when I'm with my family. "

" It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream. "

" David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists. "

" When you are a kid, you are beset by fears, and you think, 'I'll solve the fear by living forever and becoming a movie star.' "

" You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold. "

" I was very lucky when I was a kid - I travelled a lot and spent a lot of time in Africa, Asia and Europe. I also chant in Sanskrit. "

" I am not a famous person at home - I'm just a guy here. I'm a father, I'm a companion, I'm a human being. I am not a public figure in my house; I am not a celebrity. I am not a famous person to myself - I am just a guy. "

" I grew up in the South Pacific. Basically, my brothers were Guamanian. I spoke words of Guamanian long before I spoke words of English, and so I've seen a lot. You know, I've traveled in places where people don't have the benefits of American life. And so I've seen a lot of stuff. "

" I was a science fiction junkie for a long time. "

" Rage with panache. "

" There's fear or faith. If you're living by fear, then you're always looking for security. If you're living by faith, then you're always looking for freedom. "

" Where did I study? I went to P.S. 6. I went to Collegiate, Middlesex, Tufts, Juilliard. "

" Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard. "