I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.
Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?
I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.
Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.
I mean, I've acted professionally since I was 16.
I've acted professionally since I was 16.
How do you rebel in a family of rebels?
Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be.
I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.
I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green.
I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it.
I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor.
For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver.
If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself.
'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching.
As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity.
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.
I'm sticking my tongue out in scenes to try to make that work in 3D. I'm thinking I'll try to get my tongue all the way out to the second row of the audience.
I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but I also want to make movies that are going to stimulate some thought and maybe raise some awareness.
Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.