You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing.

I've always thought of acting as a tool to change society. I watch a lot of actors and I see panic in their eyes because they don't know why they act and I know why I act. Whether I'm a good or a bad actor, I know why I do it.

An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate with a computer.

And 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' was a very transitional film for me in that I was one of the producers and you know, came up with the idea with the writer and the producer, as well. But, it was a very collaborative event. You know, I really love working in that way.

I had a body wax. It's the most painful thing I have ever done in my life. I had every single hair on my body pulled out, and I really bruised.

Gollum's never really gone too far away from me because he's indelibly kind of printed into my DNA now, I think.