The hero of the 'Peanuts' is CHARLIE BROWN. I play the DOG that sleeps on the top of his dog box who's a philosopher. I'm DRAWN to that. So I'm drawn to Barbossa as I'm drawn to Einstein, because they are outsiders, and I suppose, as a CHARACTER actor, that's the turf that you're locked into, in a way.

You cannot be a HERO WITHOUT being a COWARD.

Jay-Z is a hero, SAM Walton is a hero - these are not exactly communitarian CHAMPIONS. These are - in some cases, literally; in OTHERS, just figuratively - gangster HEROES. That's who is worshipped: PEOPLE who get away with it.

My FATHER Arun Ahuja was an ACTOR, and he did FILMS as a HERO.

The ordinary MAN is involved in ACTION, the HERO acts. An IMMENSE difference.

I wanna be a LEGEND; I wanna be a CULT HERO. I do!

My FRIENDS and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My HERO was and still is Bob Dylan, but ALSO PEOPLE like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole GENERATION.

I'm not a HERO.

The HERO is NEVER the STAR of the STORY.

There's no HERO WITHOUT a VILLAIN.

There is a HERO BUILT in all of US.

It's GREAT to PLAY the hero. You GET all the GOOD stuff. You're in it all the way through.

Alison Pill is the UNSUNG HERO of 'Three Tall WOMEN' to me. She's extraordinary in this part, and she makes it look easy. I'm just in AWE of her.

One trophy is GOOD, but TWO are better. That WAY, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he WALKS by.