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" That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,' I played a young Fidel Castro. "

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" It's nice to create a character, not just within two scenes, but within the journey of a whole movie. It's fun to do that. "

" Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us. "

" Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years. "

" I really just like characters who you don't know where they stand for a long while. It's like people. You hang out with them for 10 years, and then all of a sudden they do something, and you say, 'Who are you?' That's more interesting. In life and on-screen. "

" Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid. "

" The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment. "

" 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. "

" All of my high school issues are resolved! "

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

" 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?' "

" People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel. "

" I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year. "

" J. J. Abrams is amazing. "

" I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing 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. "

" In the 1960s, there was a forward way of speaking and inflection. "

" 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 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. "

" The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation. "

" I'm so bored by business and money. "

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

" When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances. "

" 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. "

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

" Advice? Look at your pay statements. "

" For me, with a character, you start with the shoes. "

" I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently. "

" 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. "