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" The movies I cannot go without and that I watch annually are 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'Scarface' and 'Fantasia.' "

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" I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection. "

" In this day and age, where you have a lot of comic book movies made every day, and most of them are really good boys, it's important to have a couple bad boys out there, too. "

" Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold. "

" My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?' I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic. "

" I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic, sacred sites that were in the forest that were quite beautiful. "

" I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way. "

" I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent. "

" I love England - it's no secret. "

" Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small. "

" When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?' "

" I think I jump around more when I'm alone. "

" I've really had good luck working with younger actors. Every younger actor that I have worked with has always been really on top of their game and fascinating to watch. "

" Nobody wants to watch perfection. "

" I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative. "

" Often you hear stories about never working with children. I disagree because children still have that residual magical thinking. They haven't had their imagination knocked out of them by turning into adults and life experiences. "

" Look, I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. "

" Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios. "

" I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made 'Ringu,' and I would like to take 'The Wicker Man' to Japan, except this time he's a ghost. "

" I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me. "

" I've always had a soft spot for comic books. "

" Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool. "

" Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root. "

" I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs. "

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" I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection. "

" Just because you're a man doesn't mean that you can't raise your kid. I think that families should stay together, but if you are a single father, don't give up no matter what they say. "

" I would love to work with Tim Burton. I think we would be very good together. "

" I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond. "