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The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

I think you really have to remember what you loved about making music in the first place. Ultimately, people can be like, 'We've seen this dude in many movies,' but if they hear a song and they're feeling it, they can look past all the personal things and not hold it against you that you're also an actor.

If I have an audience, I'd like to make music for my whole life. But it's not really up to me.

Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical. But it's what everyone wants - to get everyone's attention, to have your music make a living for you, to be validated in that way.

It's just the acting side of things. It's not like music, where you can go out there and be independent. It's a bit more difficult to get out there on your own and be an actor. It takes time.

I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.

If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really be in your mind.

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.