When I Grew Up, Shame Was Used

I Had Just Arrived In New York From California. I Was Nineteen Years Old And Excited Beyond Belief. I Was An Art Student And An Acting Student And Behaved As Most Young Actors Did - Meaning That There Was No Such Thing As A Good Actor, 'cause You Yourself Hadn't Shown Up Yet.

If You Want To Slice Into America, It's Pretty Red, White, And Blue In Terms Of How It Goes About Things, But There's A Gray Area There, And I've Always Been Interested In Where Things Are Complicated.

Storytelling Is Important. Part Of Human Continuity.

There's A Lot Of Money To Be Made By Strip-mining And Drilling The Dirtiest Oil On The Planet. But Why Should The Rest Of Us Pay The Price?

I Started As An Actor In The Theater Playing A Lot Of Character Parts, And Suddenly, I Found Myself In This Place Where It Felt Like I Was Getting Locked Into A Kind Of A Stereotype, And It Did Bother Me.