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Quotes
Don't be celebrities, because then you go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, You
don't want that, do you?
I draw my inspiration
from deep within the mind of the superfreak.
I played,
like, a year of piano until I learned the Pink Panther theme. That was
my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some
rock.
I'd rather
be the king of kids, than the prince of fools.
If
Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be
a distant runner up to The D.
The moment
you start analyzing your own rock is the moment your rock is dead.
That's why rock is now pretty much dead. Too much analyzation. No
rockalyzation!
The movie
Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was
for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
There's
nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a
delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you're gonna eat it.
You must
never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.
You're
asking me to choose between two children, the one that pays more and the
one that I secretly love more. With the acting, it's somebody else's
brainchild, and I'm just sort of helping flesh it out; with the music,
there's a special satisfaction to being the brains behind the operation.
It was just strictly
professional. It was like a doctor or a carpenter plying his trade. I
received no pleasure whatsoever.... I requested 32 takes for the
perfection of the craft.
Never for a second did I think
of myself as the sexiest guy in the world. When I was a kid, I thought I
was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then
the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down.
Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
You know, I WAS a little
afraid that she would fall head-over-heels in love with me, like she did
[when co-starring] with Brad
Pitt in "Seven".
"I'd just like to be in
films that I would like to see. I think of myself as an entertainment
arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you
don't know what I'm going to come at you with.
I was a little worried about
working with kids. I wanted to make sure we didn't approach it
tip-toeing around the stuff that would normally be funny, or make it
gentle, rock-a-bye-baby bullshit.
I'm no Matt
Damon, my goal was to be a character actor. I never thought I would
get leads the way that I've been able to in the past two years.
I'm hungry for rock 24/7.
The movie Spinal Tap rocked my
world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really
nailed how dumb rock can be.
I'd rather be the king of
kids, than the prince of fools.
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