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For me, it's painful to make a movie. It's not my normal rhythm.

I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise.

After I came out of surgery - I was in the hospital for five weeks - I found that I gravitated toward very gentle sounds: chant music, solo bamboo flute sounds, a laid-back record of my own called 'Inside.' And the music became a very real part of my recovery process.

I invite the entire spectrum, shall we call it, of feeling. Because that is my greatest resource as a film actor. I need to be able to feel everything, which is why I refuse to go on any kind of medication. Not that I need to! But my point is, I wouldn't even explore that, because it would get in the way of my instrument.

I think it's really cool to embrace the pain of something that may have hurt you and be able to express it through music.

I think there's something strangely musical about noise.

I use music in the operating room to help create a healing environment for patients and staff. There is a reason that certain heart rates are healthy and certain beats of music heal and relax us.

It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.