There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

All of my characters have a glint of madness.

I think I jump around more when I'm alone.

I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.

I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country.

I think it's no secret that I've tried to take chances in my career and also in my life, and I believe to not live in fear.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.

Nobody wants to watch perfection.

I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.

Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.

Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they?

The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility.

I have a love / hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship.

Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.

Mel Blanc is a hero because of what he could do with his voice for all the Looney Tunes, the Warner Brothers cartoons, to be the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig.

I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me.

Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild.

I'm at the point now where I know I'm doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I'm not in the box. I don't want to make it too easy for people and I don't want to make it too easy for myself. I want to try something unusual.

Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there's the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing.

I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.

I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.

Film has lost something in the translation to high tech. It's become so super-real. It's with digital this and stereo that, and everything's like a CD.

One of the things that's interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they're putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I'm about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down.