Acting was something that came very easily to me. It fell in my lap. But the people I admired the most were not really movie stars. I was full of Jack London and Jack Kerouac.
A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You`re always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare.
(On writing his novel, The Hottest State) "Writing the book had to do with dropping out of college, and with being an actor. I didn`t want my whole life to go by and not do anything but recite lines. I wanted to try making something else. It was definitel...
The person who`s had the most impact on acting since Marlon Brando, the only person who`s really changed acting, is Julia Roberts. I call it the Julia Roberts School of Acting. It`s an excess of competence. She`s got all these imitators, and they just bas...
A lot of these movies, they`re really enjoyable to see. Really, it`s like smoking crack or something--you walk out and you feel diminished by it. It`s eye candy, just violence and sex. Definitely lots of sex, people making out or showing their tits, which...
Acting was something that came very easily to me. It fell in my lap. But the people I admired the most were not really movie stars. I was full of Jack London and Jack Kerouac.
