I would love to work with Tim Burton. I think we would be very good together.
Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?
How do you rebel in a family of rebels?
I want to always find new ways of reinventing myself.
I'm very impressed with 'Drive.'
I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.
All of my characters have a glint of madness.
One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.'
I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do.
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.
I have a love / hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship.
I use technology for communication, but I don't have a Blackberry or an iPhone. I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it.
I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility.
I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.
I think I jump around more when I'm alone.
Nobody wants to watch perfection.
My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.
My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.
Look, I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters.
It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood.
It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even.
If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.
Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.
I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.
I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.
I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.
I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.
I've always had a soft spot for comic books.
I've acted professionally since I was 16.
