I think that the Western went away for a while because part of its function was that it used to be America's action film.
I think it is important to make sure that I have my real life as well, because Hollywood can certainly seem like an alternate reality sometimes.
I think 'American Pie' is great.
To be called a genius at 17 or 18 years old can sometimes cause arrested development.
I know I am always pumped, as an audience member, to go and see a Western.
You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powerful story. You go, 'Man, I have to play a bad character in this.' And then you go, 'Well, do I want to play a bad character and contribute to a good story?'
I am baffled by good writing.
I really don't want to go to work every day convincing myself of what I'm saying. I want the material to make me a better actor; then I try to return the favor to the material.
Let's say honorary favorite New Yorker is John Lennon, and favorite real New Yorker is Biggie, because he's the best.
My first paying job might have been doing a play, actually. My mom paid me to dress up as a flounder at my sister's 'Little Mermaid' - themed birthday party when I was little.
I love Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and Guns N' Roses and AC/DC.
I do think the first time you read a script, that gut response is very important, and that probably plants a seed that continues to blossom throughout the whole experience.
I love cereal. I eat several bowls a day, mostly a few late at night.
With somebody like Harrison Ford, they're so commanding and confident, and you know, he does have a certain power or charisma, and those are things that are sort of ineffable.
When my girlfriend's away, I cook a big vat of meaty pasta and sauce and eat that for about a week. Then I eat out the rest of the time. When she's home, we eat at home probably twice a week. I chop, she cooks.
I'm a sucker for period pieces. There is always great opportunity for research and to delude yourself into feeling like you are in a different time and place.
As an actor, I always feel you basically have to be able to delude yourself.
I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded.
I'm not a big shopper. I'm a pretty simple dresser, and that's not my pleasure go-to thing, looking for clothes.
One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday.
