A recently re-located hobo actor from New York (go figure) that's got his sight set on the horizon. Maybe for Broadway, maybe for Hollywood, maybe just down the street to get a bagel. As a man of the trade, I try to keep my vanity down, my tongue sharp, and self-summaries as brief as possible.

Also, I really like novelty boxer shorts. And sometimes, I snort. And I love bulldogs. They also snort.

Seriously considering prostitution. Modeling my chest hair after Hugh Jackman's.

Acting, but I know several hundred thousand others can claim the same bag.

Ill-perceived arrogance. I'm just a bit brash and rash, is all.

Books?

"The Last Temptation of Christ, " Kazantzakis
"Fieldwork, " Berlinski
"The Savage Detectives, " Bolano
"Darkly Dreaming Dexter, " Lindsay
"The Road, " McCarthy

and nothing but love for Andre Dubus III, Alexander Dumas, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Cormac McCarthy, Chuck Palahniuk, Dylan Thomas, Emily Brontë, Emmanuel Kant, Frank Miller, Gabriel García Márquez, Henry Miller, Haruki Murakami, Harold Pinter, Hunter S. Thompson, Irvine Welsh, Jane Austen, Joseph Campbell, Joe Orton, Michael Chabon, Martin McDonagh, Noel Coward, Neil Gaiman, Nicole Krauss, Norman Mailer, Philip K. Dick, Pablo Neruda, Sam Shepard, Roald Dahl, Rudyard Kipling, Richard Matheson, Rainer Maria Rilke, Tony Kushner, Thomas Pynchon, Tom Stoppard, Tennessee Williams, Victor Hugo, William Blake, William S. Burroughs, William Shakespeare.

Movies?

"The Last of the Mohicans" ('92)
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" ('39)
"In Bruges" ('08)

with odd mancrushes for Pacino and Johnny Depp.

Music?

Van Morrison doing "Sweet Thing".

Aesop Rock, Aimee Mann, The Allman Brothers, The Beatles, Beck, Buena Vista Social Club, Billie Holiday, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Brian Eno, Cat Stevens, Clanaad, The Clash, The Cure, Clint Mansell, The Cranberries, Danny Elfman, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Driveshaft, Donovan, Edith Piaf, Electrelane, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Ennio Morricone, The Frames, Gabriel Yared, Gavin Friday, George Harrison, Genesis, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Elton John, Eric's Trip, E.S. Posthumus, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Iron & Wine, The Frames, Janis Joplin, Jay-Z, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Cliff, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, Joy Division, The Kinks, The Kronos Quartet, Maria Callas, Markéta Irglová, Mirah, Mogwai, Mos Def, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Nina Simone, Norah Jones, Oasis, Peter Gabriel, Pharoahe Monch, Philip Glass, Prince, Public Enemy, Queen, Ray Charles, Ray LaMontagne, Regina Spektor, Rolling Stones, The Roots, Rory Gallagher, The RZA, Sam Cooke, Sex Pistols, Simon & Garfunkel, Sinéad O'Connor, The Smiths, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Steely Dan, The Stereophonics, The Steve Miller Band, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, The Stone Roses, Talib Kweli, Talking Heads, Tegan & Sara, Thomas Newman, Three Dog Night, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tom Waits, Tupac Shakur, The Tragically Hip, Trevor Jones, Vangelis, Van Morrison, The Velvet Underground, Warren Zevon, The White Stripes, Wyclef Jean, The Zombies.

Food?

gimme all ya got.

six. breakfast at any time of the day.
five. children's books and what scholars have to say about them.
four. Al Pacino.
three. someone in my corner.
two. being slightly pretentious when I wake up.
one. movies on ugly days.

If I'm ever going to polish an Oscar, as a performer or a house cleaner.

trying to convince myself and my neighbors to stay inside. I almost never win this battle.

My sister and I got in a fight on Christmas day when we were playing games in the follies of our youth - Uno hasn't been the same since.

you're beautiful, but not just conventionally. If you like rainy days, at all. You sing in the elevator when there's no music. You find Jack Nicholson to be overweight and slimy without his sunglasses. You want to go to thrift stores with me. You like ukulele covers.

and you like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars...

(and can name me that reference.)