We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession.

Where I grew up - we started out in Oklahoma and then moved to Missouri - it was considered hubris to talk about yourself. And the downside of that was that ideas rarely got exchanged, or true feelings.

You just have to get one misstep - that's an easy way to fall into caricature. Bad caricature.

We in America have some grand ideals - and some very strong ideals - but a lot of times, those ideals are used for marketing.

It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've seen enough and been around. So when I am, or when I forget that I'm watching someone's movie, or when I don't know how someone made a certain turn that I didn't expect... You know, I'm in.

Plan B is really a little garage band of three people, and our mandate has been to help get difficult material, that might not otherwise get made, to the screen and to work with directors we respect.

The idea that marriage has to be for all time - that I don't understand.