I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

I didn't feel entitled to become a star. I didn't expect it.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

Bad for the sake of bad is boring to me and not believable.

It's cyclical. I'm riding a wave right now, and I recognize that. I wanna do as much work as I can, do the best I can. And when it's all said and done and they say, "Get outta the water, you're done," I wanna be so exhausted that I look forward to it.

I realized, "Oh my god, this is an enormous play. And it's almost all me. Big. big chunks of speeches, speeches, speeches." And I started to panic.