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"I'm used to being the weirdest person in the room. Here I don't even make the top ten"
"Where have we come if all the scripts are about guns and dicks? I want to do films about spirituality and what's really going on in the undercurrent of this majestic reality…films were people discover themselves."
"Anything that is provocative is worth while."
"I can't tell you what a pleasure it is just to take a nice shower. It's so cool--using a hair dryer again, good towels. I can lock the door if I want."
"Right when I got out of jail I really had a hankering for a Carl's Jr. burger, but I couldn't find one."
"I'm a lot more ready to listen to folks who have been through this as opposed to thinking, 'I'm more complex. I'm an artist,' and other rationalizations."
"I'm enjoying life."
"I don't think I'm in any position to give anybody advice about anything."
"Not that I can remember. Or at least I never got caught."
--On ever being a two-timer like his character Blake in 2 Girls and A Guy.
"I don't need a fucking acting career. If I have one, great. If things crash and I never do another movie agian, I don't give a fuck. I could do a million other things, some of which might be a lot more gratifying than acting."
"From now on, I'm going to do things I value, for whatever stupid reason."
"I scare myself. What's amazing is, no matter how much I fuck up, it keeps straightening itself out..."
"Walking the line between creativity and self-destruction scares me. People have always said to me, 'The only thing that can stand in your way is you.' But there is something so enticing about riding that fine line. And being alone scares me. I always seem to want to surround myself with people. I guess I love people."
"Stopping isn't hard...not starting again is."
"I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker."
"What it would come down to is me saying, "I hope I don't get a hard-on." It would be distracting to the crew and I'd be embarrassed because, shit, maybe it's not as big as I want it to be. You can expose yourself in a lot more ways than taking your clothes off."
--Him doing a nude scene
"I'd like some more of her. She's really cute. But I want to do movies with her husband Mike Nichols, so I don't think I should pursue this lusty avenue any further."
--On Diane Sawyer
"I don't think I'm allowed to have a gun anymore. They took it. I think I deserve to have it back when my probation is over. It's not like I did anything with the gun except pretend that I was skilled in its use.
I used to be into clothes, but I've lost the desire to spend an extra six minutes deciding what belt would look great with what shoes. I'm like, "Wait a minute. Will these pants be comfortable after I eat?"
"My father was and still is my role model."
"If you love someone, he can spit in your face six times and you can still laugh."
"People would tell me, 'You'll grow out of being a wild guy,' and I'd just laugh."
"I wasn't worried about whether I was going to go insane, I was very well aware that I was insane."
"I have an immense mouth."
"Most of the characters I do are pretty sick."
"The higher the stakes, the happier I am."
"I thought I was meeting for the handsome male lead, because I was so debonair. In fact he was interested in me for the role of the guy dying of AIDS."
--On meeting Mike Figgis.
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