My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.

I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.

I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but they hung out in cliques, and it's very hard to get accepted; lots of competition.

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

It's weird; I was not a really tough guy in high school, but I end up playing all of these psychopaths and criminals. I don't really care who they are, as long as they are complicated and going through something that I can understand and put across.