Suspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie.

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

I think it's a total fallacy for people to say, "You couldn't make those old movies today." I think there's more ways to get a movie made today than ever in the history of the entertainment industry. It's a very exciting time to work in movies, if you're a creative person looking to make a very personal, weird vision.

On the downside, to paraphrase Thom Yorke talking about the music business, we're still having to deal with the stench of the last fart of the dying corpse of this regressive vision that America is a white, middle-aged, male, conservative country.

I wish I were more musically gifted, more intuitive in playing instruments.

I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through.

You dream as an actor's director of letting moments breathe through two-shots.