For Every Role, You Have To Always

The Midwest Isn't Somewhere You Mix With Those From The Performing Arts. But My Mum And Dad Would Go Off To Chicago Every So Often To See Shows. They Would Bring Back The Albums And The Movies, Those Little Eight Metres, And We Would All Watch. I Think That Was When I Fell In Love With Acting.

I Do Want To Be In Mainstream Movies That Are Going To Be Seen. I Suppose It Satisfies The Showbiz Side Of Me.

If You Know What It Is Before You Even Start, It's Not As Interesting. Central To Being An Actor Is Pretending, And The Adventure Of It All. That's Why You Become A Junkie For Different Kinds Of Situations. I Try To Attach Myself To People Who Really Inspire Me, And Directors Who Are Really Passionate. That Way, I Can Give Myself More Fully And Trust The Impulse Behind Why The Film Is Being Made, And I Can Be A Little More Irresponsible In Finding Out What The Character Is. I Have To Worry Less About What The Character Means If I Trust The Director.

Sometimes I Think Women Are Lucky Because They Can Develop In Ways Men Can't. The Old-boy Network May Be Oppressive To Women, But It Actually Stunts Men In Terms Of Personal Growth.

I Like The Idea Of Sitting In A Theater With A Bunch Of People. With Technology Now, People Are Getting More And More Isolated. I Like The Community Coming Around The Story. You Don't Have That With A Dvd. People Go Home, They're Tired From Work, They Can Turn It Off. It Doesn't Make You Commit The Same Way, If You Can Control The Movie. More Difficult Movies, It's Too Easy To Turn Them Off. All The Time, I See Movies I Know If I Had Seen It On Dvd, I Wouldn't Have Hung With It. If You See It On The Screen, You Hang With It And It Pays Off Better Than A Movie You Can Easily Sit Through On Dvd.