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" The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people. "

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" 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. "

" There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something to say, it's a lot of work and a lot of luck. "

" 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. "

" I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that. "

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" In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that. "

" 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

" Our morality is based on so many factors: of where we were born, who we were born to, what values were instilled in us, what values we chose, the way that our lives have shaped us. That dictates so much of what we assume is our morality, and also the culture, all of these things. "

" 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 grow up in the States, in Miami, but I was born in Guatemala, and my father's Cuban, and in 'Body of Lies,' I played an Iraqi. "

" If you can find a way that your principles are actually the strategically smartest thing to do, you've kind of figured it out. "

" 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 think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I wanted to learn to play guitar, so I got an acoustic and started taking lessons. I wanted to be able to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen. "

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

" I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player. "

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

" Cats are impossible to work with. They're just very difficult because you can't really train them. They're not really interested in whatever you want them to do. Dogs want to please you; cats only want to please themselves. "

" I don't know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It's so much more fun to just go. I mean, I don't do that. I don't go looking for stuff that I'm interested in, you know, to try and find out pictures and what the movie's about. It's so much more fun to be surprised. "

" I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar. "

" I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief. "

" A personal game-changer was when Ridley Scott cast me as King John, the King of England, for 'Robin Hood.' "

" When I came up to New York to do a play, I passed by Julliard, and I was like, 'Oh I heard of this place.' I applied, and ended up getting in. "