Any marriage is hard work. But what I always say is, “Keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.
I’d really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I’m the action guy.
Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can’t go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else’s success as your failure is a cancerous way to live.
With ‘Transparent’. When Amazon put ‘Transparent’ up, along with ‘Bosch’ and a few other things, I watched them, and I thought it was an interesting exercise. I didn’t comment on them, but I was like, ‘Okay, this is kind of cool.’
Show me an actor who doesn’t want to be famous, and I’ll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there’s more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.
Any idiot can get laid when they’re famous. That’s easy. It’s getting laid when you’re not famous that takes some talent.
My dad was an architect, and he wasn’t a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.
There are two types of actors: those who say they don’t want to be famous, and those who are liars.
One of the top comments I get from people is, ‘Oh my God, you’re like a regular person!’ That’s kind of a bizarre thing to live with. I know a lot of famous people, and their lives may not be regular, but they are regular people.
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.
‘Kung Fury!’ I mean, Jesus, that thing is amazing.
I’m obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.
I like to hike and cook. I enjoy furniture and design – not making it, just looking at it. I’m always kind of trying to spread my interests around and try new things.
I’ve been in silly movies and romantic movies and historic movies.
If you look at my movie career, I do switch it up a lot. I’m always looking for a lot of different parts. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a situation that was romantic.
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.