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" Simplicity - that's what I want. It's been a rare commodity for me for a number of years, but I enjoy being able to hang out with my girl, read the newspaper, and sit back and start to read a book by someone I admire, like Lawrence Krauss or Christopher Hitchens. And that's it - simplicity, where the game of Hollywood doesn't exist. "

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" I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it. "

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" I'm just an actor, and if I can leave something behind that my kids will be proud of, then that's what I want. I don't want my kids to be embarrassed by anything I've done. "

" At my very core, I'm pretty shy. I just happen to have a weird job. "

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" You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading. "

" For me, it's always more difficult and slightly exposing to play something that's close to yourself. I always like to try to hide, just because I can't stand the way I look. "

" I think, as an actor, it is good to feel the fear of failing miserably. I think you should take that risk. Fear is a necessary ingredient in everything I do. But if I do 'Hamlet,' it will probably be in a small theater on a small stage, and it will have to be very, very soon because I'm getting a little long in the tooth for it. "

" Puberty was very vague. I literally locked myself in a room and played guitar. "

" When you're doing a movie, your body doesn't allow you to get sick until you finish. "

" There's an innocence to Ozzy Osbourne. He's mingling, but he's somewhat detached. "

" It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It's like you've met your reason to live. "

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" There are times when you see how ridiculous is this life, how ludicrous it is, you know, leaving your house every morning and being followed by paparazzi. "

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