One Of The Things I Can Do

The Script [of Regression] Wasn't The Draw For Me. It Was Largely Alejandro [amenabar] And His Way Of Talking. To Hear Him Talking About The Script Was Way More Interesting Than The Script. He Wrote It, And So, English Is His Second Language. It's An Interesting Thing. I've Had That Before. I Was Directed By Alfonso Cuarón Before, Too. It's Always Interesting When You're Being Directed By Somebody Like That. So Much Of Directing Is About Communication, And Finding The Right Words, And What It Means, And How To Convey Certain Emotions And Ideas.

Years Ago I Was Going To Play Chet Baker In Another Movie And I Really Felt Drawn To That Character And The Script Is Good And I Met With Robert And We Seemed Simpatico And We Developed. But I Had A Real Passion For That Role And That Brought Me Deep Into That Film 'cause I Got The Sense That Robert Budreau Was Going To Really Let Me Be Creative Inside This Part.

The Idea That A Film Is Created In The Editing Room - It's Only A Certain Kind Of Movie That's Made In The Editing Room And It's Not One That I Really Want To See.

I Meet A Lot Of Young People That Want To Go Into Acting Because They Think Of What It Will Do For Them. If That's The Case, It Can Be A Very, Very Painful Profession. But If The Kids Want To Do Acting Because They Love It, And They Want To Give To It, Then They Can Have A Great Life. It's Really About As Simple As How You Look At It.

As A Young Man... You Don't Know Anything About Yourself. And Add On To That, You're On The Cover Of Magazines. People Are Interviewing You About What You Think. You Feel Like A Real Phony.