I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience.Collection: Teacher
I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.
What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.
There's a lot of reasons you can think of to say why you act, but I can only say that it just felt good. At the same time, it felt really painful. It's still troubling and stressful to me.
The whole Indian thing, I always say it's really the American holocaust. It's something we need to look at.
People said, That's great for your career, but what have you done? I kept feeling I had to defend myself.
My problem with interviews, one day I'll think one thing, and the next day I'll think the exact opposite.
My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much.
I was nicknamed Skeeter in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield.
I think when someone becomes an actor, people say, Aw, you could see it in him when he was little. But I think you can see that quality in every little kid.
I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible.
Because of the need to remove all modernism, we stayed in the middle of nowhere all day long, living out of tents. It was cold. It definitely set the scene.
As an actor, you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you.
As a kid I used to pretend I was John Denver, of all people, and play the guitar and sing Take Me Home, Country Roads.
I was nicknamed 'Skeeter' in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield.Collection: League
Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative.Collection: Creative
I think Im extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like youre getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that. Im working through it, which is good. As an actor, I think that you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you.Collection: Dad
I've just done a movie - Albino Alligator - with Viggo Mortensen, who's an actor I idolize. He influenced me in a way that has helped me move toward getting lead parts instead of supporting parts, merely through his presence. So now I tell everyone, as a joke, that I'm entering my Viggo Mortensen phase.Collection: Moving