"I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them."

"I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped."

"I'm a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film."

"I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away."

"I'm Irish. I think about death all the time."

"I'm not hard to get along with."

"I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy."

"I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny."

"I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it."

"In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way."