I really do like a really good science fiction movie and a really good horror movie. Those are the kinds of things I really like. But, I mean, I'm not into sort of like slasher movies. I like a really good science fiction movie, which is hard to do. They don't make many really good ones any more.
I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to.
I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.
Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.
I was never the class clown or put on shows at home. I never thought of acting as something I could do with my life. When I was a kid, I used to run around wrapped in toilet paper so I could be the Mummy. But that wasn't a sign that I was dreaming of being an actor. I was just an odd child.
The 'Planet of the Apes' movies made me wanna - probably unconsciously - be an actor. Seriously. And The Mummy - and 'Hammer horror' movies. 'Fantastic.' I loved stuff like that, and that stuff probably did more than anything to make me wanna do it.
In a weird way, I like to find the quirkiness in ordinary things. I like to find what is ordinary in quirky people.
This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.
I like playing weird, kind of shady people.
My father died in 1989 before I knew what I was going to do with my life. I had just graduated from college. My mother died just before 'Sideways' came out. She knew I was an actor, but she never saw me become successful.
Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.
I have the mentality of a supporting actor.
Honestly, I never wanted to be more than a good supporting actor. Really, I enjoy it.
I definitely had a top-notch education.
I remember when I was at the first showing of 'John Dies at the End' at Sundance, and I was talking to some of the people in the standby crowd who were outside and didn't have tickets. They were just waiting in line to see if they could get in. It was this whole gang of die-hard sci-fi wacko people, and they were just fantastic.