My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater.

Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

The only people you can really share certain things with in secret are your girlfriends.

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!

I took individual photographs of Annie Liebovitz, I kept taking her picture.

There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed.

So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals.

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

The rain begins with a single drop

You can’t perform well in what you don’t love to do well. You can lead in what you can’t perform well. To lead well, be sure where you are, is where you supposed to be!

I am a street performer as much as I am a stage performer. Yes, I have a television show, but every trick, every 'Mindfreak' you see, I can do live.

Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk

What concerns anyone so much as the time he has to live?

I don't get sent anything strange like underwear. I get sent cookies.

Someone who works only for the money will give you trouble one day because of money.

This choice is yours, and will only be yours, it's up to you to commit.

With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on.

I didn't know what to expect, but [Alexander] Wang is a great guy. He's always invited me front row to shows, and I performed at a few of his after-parties.