Remarkably, there's no green screen in 'Leaves of Grass' movie. There is motion control. Technically, there were all sorts of challenges, but really the soul of it is Edward Norton talent. You write these characters when you write a movie, and all you can hope for or depend on is that your actors will elevate the material.

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. There's like, 18 different independent film-financing funds. In fact, I think the children of those films are getting made. A more interesting question is whether those films are going to get seen and appreciated.

If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running.

I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines.

Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.

I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any realm and soak it up. I enjoy that free pass.

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.