Quotes
"If you're too nice, it can be a trap. They'll start showing up every day."
"Fame seems exciting but it can also be a total nightmare. And I'm not even that well known yet. I don't have the problems Madonna has."
"I'm a huge fan of Nirvana - it's one band that I thought was original and had something to say. That death really shook me up. Kurt Cobain found out about S.F.W. four months before he split. It was the first movie he said he'd write a song for. But now we'll never get the song."
"The last two years have been really strange for me. Everyone I admire has left the planet. Before his death, River Phoenix and I were maybe gonna get a chance to work together. He died like a block away from my home. And I had to drive by the Viper Room every day on my way to the S.F.W. set."
I feel things more intensely than I can express. If I couldn't be creative, I think I'd go insane."
"Me and Courtney (Wagner)share something real. I think we'll always be in each other's life."
"I want to make people feel something."
"Big Hollywood movies are always the same; I don't really get anything from them. There could be some cool shots or something, but that's about it. ... I definitely go for things that are not right on the nose."
"At the time, there was so much of me being the kind of 'hard young kid from Hollywood' in the press and stuff, and this role was not the normal thing. It was kind of a crazy physical transformation, but I thought it would be really interesting if I could go to my most feminine side."
"Blood and Wine" has been "the greatest experience" of his career. He described the profound effect Jack Nicholson has had on his life.
"He's a dear friend ... such a loyal man. He's given me so much good advice. I care a lot about him. He's not only my hero, but I admire Jack in a way I don't admire most people. In some ways, I think I'm more vulnerable now than before, so I don't let many friends in. You can only have real people around you. And, for me, people like Jack make all the stress and craziness of the business worthwhile."
"I visited the set of Clint's 'Every Which Way But Loose' when I was 13. There was a kid on the set my age. I loved the idea that he didn't have to go to a regular school. That's what made me want to be an actor."
