Quotes

I don't look to take the role of the villain and in fact I've played many sympathetic characters. I certainly don't want to be typecast as the 'loudmouth' type. But it seems that the audiences remember me as the bad guy. I suppose that's because villainous roles stand out -- they're showy roles. If you're going to make a sympathetic character stand out, you really have to tap dance for the viewers.

There's a lot of, and in this town especially, phoniness. I think that most people don't have anything to say. I think everybody is highly overpaid for what they do. I'm saying that people believe they are equipped to write screenplays, act, produce, direct and they don't really have visions. I want to ask, "Why are you doing this? Why are you cluttering up the business?" If people knew how painful it was, I think that less people would do it. Certainly less actors. I think actors don't realize, at the beginning especially, what you have to go through -- and I'm not talking about rejection and all of that -- I'm talking about the attitude where you have to lay it out there. That's what we find interesting.

Who says acting isn't being yourself? I am not a hypocrite. I have my megalomania. There's a part of me that's still in the crib, wanting to control and rule everything. When I get into the biggest problems is when I get arrested development. I don't tell you it's someone that's not me. I mean, I think I'm weird or at least I can be. And I think I can be crazy and I can be cruel. I know it. I've seen it. I see many people deny that about themselves.