As a young man I prayed for success. Now I just pray to be worthy of it.
I don’t believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.
Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don’t know if I would wish for world peace.
I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that’s the basis of Greek mythology.
I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.
To swing or not to swing? Swing.
All you have to do is just believe in what’s there; then, the audience will, too.
Of course I was a dork, but that’s OK. Because all the coolest people I know were dorks.
Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.
I’ve been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.
I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.
I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash.
As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor.
I wish the rock ‘n’ roll scene to be back in.
Saigon is hot, full of atmosphere, activity, and commerce.
I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren’t funny.
When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches at cartoon characters, they are not there, so you can swing through. It looks like you really decked them.
I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.
What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?
George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He’s a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?