"I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do."
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"I've always enjoyed hiding behind these characters. It's a strange thing, you're more comfortable as a character than you are in life. I could stand up in front of, it doesn't matter how many people, as a character. But if I had to do it as myself and give a speech, I would be liquid."
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"Smooth sailing is what I hope for. No, I'm okay with no big ups, no big downs, it's all right. Just go full steam ahead, all things well and good, yeah. I mean as a family man, all you want is, as a dad, pure happiness for your kids, that's a universal parent thing. Yeah, that's it, that's my dream, happy kids."
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"I'm not a great pothead or anything like that... but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol."
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"I've thought of doing many things in my life, under the influence of life, and I've never actually thought of straddling two carriages while they're moving."
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"I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn’t really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up."
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"Puberty was very vague. I literally locked myself in a room and played guitar."
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"There are these mythic unicorn-y tales of method acting, but Marlon [Brando] wanted to have a good time."
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"I love to smoke. I wish I had more than two hands so I can hold more cigars"
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"I was really intrigued by them, became fascinated by them because they were asking questions that couldn't be answered almost, or were making statements that you couldn't quite understand. Like, 'I'm investigating things that begin with the letter M.' That took me through a whole stratosphere of possibilities, and doing a little research and discovered that the M is mercury."
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"This dress code should be mandatory for most events."
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"Once you get on the ship, everything is fine. Once you get on land, everything is not so fine."
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"For me, the question was, how can one take a live-action performance and put it in the parameter of one of those cartoons? How much can you get away with?"
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"You can't plan the kind of deep love that results in children. Fatherhood was not a conscious decision. It was part of the wonderful ride I was on. All the math finally worked."
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"They tell you to be careful because maybe you don't want to meet your heroes. I've met pretty much every one, and I've never been let down."
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"Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them - certain traits, certain places where you don’t let the world go."
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"Jesus, music has always been my first love. I use music in my work because it's the fastest way to an emotional place. You hear a song, and that memory comes right back-- you're there... Making music is immediate, and it's all about you. If you're playing guitar, the feeling comes through-- the way you bend the note, the intensity with which you hit the strings. With making films, although it's real emotion, it's false emotion. You're lying."
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"As a child, I certainly had a fascination with monsters and vampires."
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"Whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it’s like-you just feel dumb. It’s just so stupid."
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"My kids, they're my energy, my soul, and my nicest friend."
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