I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.
Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.
Well you know for me, the action is the juice.
I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?
I am not as crazy as people think.
I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.
Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule.
If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.
You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced.
Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different.
I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now. Hell, I'm blessed to be in any position, you know? There are so many guys who had good lives, great lives, and blew it...I think there are some guys who think they don't deserve to have good lives. They feel they don't deserve their good fortune, so they throw it away. One of my good friends was Chris Farley. Chris blew it. He blew the whole enchilada.
Temptation is impossible for me to resist Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description.
I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.
I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.
I play tough guys in movies and behaved like one in front of the press because I thought that was what a man did.
Fatherhood didnt change me in the beginning very much.
It's just acting. I take acting seriously but up to a point.
I'm a big baby. I'm not tough at all.
I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding.
I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve.
Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.
Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?
I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.
I was a wayward kid, a rambunctious and angry teenager, but I found acting as a fifteen-year-old.
It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit.
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