I Was Kind Of Scared Of Failing

If Many People Love Me, Then I Must Be Important.

I Wanted To Do Serious Movies. I Had A Certain Idea Of What Good Acting Was. That's Since Changed, And I Love Doing Comedies Now. I Don't Like A Lot Of Those Movies Now, But I Thought Those Were Movies That I Could Do Real, Serious Performances In.

There Is Actually A Huge Suicide Problem In Palo Alto Schools, So Obviously Not All Is Well In Paradise. High Expectations, And The Pressure To Achieve In A Highly Competitive World Are Too Much For A Lot Of Very Promising Young People. There Have Been Something Like Ten Youth Suicides In Palo Alto In The Past Ten Years. They Usually Step In Front Of The Train That Runs By The High School.

Dreams And Expectations Also Have The Very Dark Flipside Of Disappointment, Broken Dreams.

It's Hard When You're Doing A Film Based On A True Story To Really Figure Out What All Those Relationships Were.