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" I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie. "

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

" You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there. "

" 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. "

" Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation. "

" I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them. "

Surround Yourself

" 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. "

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

" I wouldn't mind seeing The Smiths reform. That would be cool. "

" 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. "

" When I moved to New York, I had to let my band know that I couldn't play anymore, and that was difficult to leave that behind. "

" 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've never been interested in celebrity. "

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

" It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way. "

" I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music. "

" I guess 'Scarface' was the Cuban Al Pacino. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people. "

" With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly. "

" I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?' "

" I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher. "

" 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. "

" Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it. "

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

" 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 very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of us, there's a lot of events that have to happen in order for things to end up the way they are. "