Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.

In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can have some menace behind it.

It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.

As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much.

When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?

Study what you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. It'll be one great adventure.

As a teenager, I used to travel everywhere with my guitar. I appreciated the fact it was with me, but it was always an absolute pain to carry around - even though, in those days, you could take in on a plane as hand luggage.

I went to university for a year, and I'm not one for schooling and have no enjoyment sitting in a classroom all day and ended up going to live in England for two years, just to travel. I worked in a bar in a hotel for a couple of years and had no intention of becoming an actor. That's where I met my agent.