I Start From Scratch With Each Movie;

It's About Pursuing It Rather Than Waiting To See What Comes Along.

Suddenly People Were Saying I Was Cocky Because I'd Done A Steven Spielberg Movie And Thought I Was Better Than Everyone Else, Which Surprised Me At First. I Suddenly Started Feeling Like A Freak Because Everyone Was Treating Me Differently. It Was Confusing, And I Did Wonder If Acting Was For Me Anymore.

The Blue Collar Milieu Was Something That I Really Understood And Resonated With Me And I Thought Was Underrepresented In American Cinema.

There Was A Great Complexity To My Father. He Was A Devoted Family Man. But, In The Same Breath, He Simply Was Not Suited To An Anchored Life. He Should Have Been Somebody Who Had A Backpack, An Old Map, A Bit Of Change In His Pocket And That Was It - Roaming The World.

When It Comes To Films, People Often Don't Differentiate Between The Message Of A Bad Central Character And The Message Of The Film Itself. They Are Two Separate Things.