Luke Ford

I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian.

If 'Black Balloon' had come out before 'The Mummy,' casting agents wouldn't have been able to see me for the first time in 'The Mummy.' But now that 'The Mummy' has come out before 'The Black Balloon,' that's a very good combination.

At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.

In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.

I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers.

My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.

I'm not jumping into anything fast. I'm an actor that likes to choose my work and there's an element of good taste to my work.