It's Nice To Go Back With People

While We Have A Very Strong Popular Culture, The Roots Of American Culture Are Very Shallow, And We Put Emphasis On How A Movie Does As Far As The Box Office Goes. Many Years Ago, It Would Have Been Vulgar To Print Box - Office Grosses In The Paper. Now The New York Times Does It, And It's The Big Story For People Interested In Arts And Entertainment On Monday. Which Is Why Emphasis Has Shifted Away From Filmmakers And Fallen On Movie Stars And Business People.

I'm One Of Those People Who When I Go Over A Bridge, I Want To Jump. It's Just This Intense Tickle In The Back Of My Throat. It's Like I'm On The Verge The Whole Time I'm Walking Over That Bridge, And I'm Not Going To Get A Release Until I Jump.

I Aspire To Be An Instrument Of The Director. I'm Happiest Like That. The Stronger The Director, The More I'm Willing To Give Them. It's Not Just About Admiration For Their Films, It's How They Deal With You, And Whether They Get You Or The Way You Work. If They Don't, You Better Adjust Your Way Of Working To Suit Them. I Want To Work With People Who Are Good At What They Do, And People Who Are Passionate. As You Get Older, You Suffer Fools Less Easily. That's Why There's All Those Cranky Character Actors. I'm An Exception. I'm A Sweetheart.

For Every Role, You Have To Always Find A Different Way To Approach It, One That's Specific And Suits What The Key Is. Every Role's A Mystery. I Think If You Know What It Is, You Probably Shouldn't Even Do It.

Weirdness Is Not My Game. I'm Just A Square Boy From Wisconsin.