LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.
People often say that even if you're playing a character who's not redemptive, you have to like the character, which I disagree.
We have a great job where you get to put out something positive like this that might make people think, that might make people feel.
But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.
My sisters are my favorite people on earth.
It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.
I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.
People are sheepish when they approach me.
People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor.
The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they're artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically.