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Sometimes, When A Man Is Alone, That's All You Got Is Your Dog.

Change For Me Was Really Hard Because I Had Built Myself Up To Be A Certain Kind Of Man My Whole Life, As Men Are Where I Come From. I Thought I Got To Handle Things Different That's Gonna Make Me Feel Like A Real Pussy. For Me It Was Hard To Turn The Other Cheek. Even Though It's A Stronger Choice. It Was Very Hard To Make The Change, But I Had To In Order To Survive. Otherwise They Would Have Won.

I Had Gotten Injured During The Boxing, And I Was Supposed To Take Several Months Off Because I'd Had A Couple Of Concussions, And So I Sort Of Just Left The Boxing And Got Into The Acting By Accident.

I Started To Shortcircuit Because I Had High Aspirations For The Film. I Never Told Anybody That.

Julian Schnabel Painted A Picture That He Dedicated To My Character In Rumble Fish. It Was Called The Motorcycle Boy. I Remember When He Brought It Over To Me At The Mayflower Hotel [in New York] Years Ago. This Is When You And I Knew Each Other.