“Susie Waggoner in 'Miami Blues' is just such a sweetheart, such an inn...” — Jennifer Jason Leigh Quote

Susie Waggoner in 'Miami Blues' is just such a sweetheart, such an innocent. When I watch that, I really feel like I'm watching Susie Waggoner. I don't really see myself. And there's a simplicity to it that I really like.

I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.

I'm so different to the roles I play, and perhaps that's why they are appealing to me as an actor. But I would never want to inhabit my characters' shoes in real life.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

You don't understand what you're angry about as a young man. You have those young man blues.

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

The blues has been in my life since I was little.

The blues needs to be everything to you, otherwise it's not going to come across. That's what I think.

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.