There Are 400 Billion Stars Out There,

If I Fail, At Least I Will Have Failed My Way.

I'd Prefer Not To Act In The Film I'm Directing. I Think, Though, As An Actor, You Do Learn How To Turn Things On And Off Quickly And Kind Of Compartmentalize. You Learn To Accommodate The Camera And The Other Actors, To Notice Where The Boom Is And Where You Mark Is, And Be Able To Repeat Something A Few Times.

I Love The Way L A. Leaves You Alone. I Can Go Home, Read All Day, And Nobody Bugs Me.

When I Went Home, My Family Became A Little Lonely Family Because It Was Just Me And My Mom. Part Of My Longing To Go Back To Work Was Wanting To Be Surrounded By These People Who Were Teaching Me Things And Drinking Bad Coffee At Three In The Morning While We Were Lying Around In A Bikini In The Winter. Somehow It Just Felt Like Real Life. It Felt More Like Real Life Than My Life.

I Think An Artist's Responsibility Is More Complex Than People Realize.