The Force Is Within You. Force Yourself.

American Graffiti Was The First Movie Where The Director Let Me Have Any Input. It Was The First Time Anyone Ever Listened To Me. George Thought My Character Should Have A Crew Cut, But I Wasn't Happy With That Idea. I'd Always Had Pretty Long Hair Back Then - In College, Particularly - So I Told George My Character Should Wear A Cowboy Hat. George Thought About It And He Remembered A Bunch Of Guys From Modesto, California, Who Cruised Around, Like My Character, And Wore Cowboy Hats, So It Turned Out That It Actually Fit The Movie.

I Think American Films Right Now Are Suffering From An Excess Of Scale. Lots Of Movies We're Seeing Now Are More Akin To Video Games Than Stories About Human Life And Relationships. Twelve- To 20-year-olds Are Maybe The Largest Economic Force In The Us Movie Business. I'm Not A Very Nostalgic Person - But I Enjoy A Good Story.

I Need A Challenge. I Need The Intellectual Stimulation. I'm A Member Of A Community On Each Film, Working In Concert To Try To Bring An Idea To Life. It's A Great Job.

I Don't Take Trouble At All To Conform A Screenplay To My Iconography. I Don't Say, "we Can't Do That - The Audience Wouldn't Accept It." I Try To Take The Limitations Of What Is Required To Play A Leading Character And Then Screw With Them.

When I First Started Out, I Was A Bad Actor.