Fame Is A Bleet, Man.

The Choice Or Decision To Take On A Film Certainly Isn't Calculated As Far As Doing Something That Will Be Successful Against Something That Will Have A Smaller Audience. It's All A Gamble To Me, I Don't Bet On The Horses; I Just Go With The Story That Speaks To Me And That I Feel Strongly About Which Is This One [the Assassination Of Jesse James].

When I Got Untethered From The Comfort Of Religion, It Wasn't A Loss Of Faith For Me, It Was A Discovery Of Self. I Had Faith That I'm Capable Enough To Handle Any Situation. There's Peace In Understanding That I Have Only One Life, Here And Now, And [that] I'm Responsible.

Iliad By Homer Is One Of The Great Stories In Literature. And I Thought Its Themes Really Resonated Today, Whether That Was My Projection Or Homer's Intentions. It Didn't Seem Like We Had Come Very Far.

With Sons And Fathers, There's An Inexplicable Connection And Imprint That Your Father Leaves On You.

You Just Have To Get One Misstep - That's An Easy Way To Fall Into Caricature. Bad Caricature.