There is a way of looking at an awful place from a certain angle that allows it to take on a beauty because it is what it is.
Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human.
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.
I think movies probably are a mirror in some way so we can see ourselves in them.
When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.
I find that you can use an acting technique when the thing isn't working, not that you make the technique the end result of your work. You use the technique when you're in trouble and things aren't flowing the way they should. It's a way of fooling yourself to make it work again.