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" 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. "

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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. "

" I like films that take their time a little bit more and don't show you all of their cards right away, characters that are conflicted and contradicting and seem one way at first and then suddenly turn out to be something else. "

" Talent is very hot. "

" Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve. "

" 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. "

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

" Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later. "

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

" I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part. "

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

" 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. "

" Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly. "

" I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot. "

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

" Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now. "

" J. J. Abrams is amazing. "

" 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. "

" My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff. "

" Advice? Look at your pay statements. "

" 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. "

" If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves. "

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

" I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "