I have never been in a violent movie or television show.

Some people study a text very deeply. The people are my text. I study their words and what their words sound like, over and over again.

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are the mask, and the perception, are reluctant to give over to the voices of the individuals. Those in the margins are always trying to get to the center, and those at the center, frequently in the name of tradition, are trying to keep the margins at a distance. Part of the identity of a place is the tension between those in the margins, and those in the center, and they all live behind the walls which wear the tradition.

You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

If you say a word often enough it becomes you.

I think what I am is a "convener"; I like to convene people around ideas.