I've become really interested in permaculture, simplifying my life and doing everything I can to develop more of a sustainable lifestyle.

When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet.

Absolutely, I think coming out has allowed me to align who I am with with my creative self.

Loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves.

It's really crucial to achieve that balance with a film like this, cause it is unique and witty and then there's the tendency to force that. It becomes contrived and I know the feeling like, give me a fork that I can stab in my eye in those kinds of movies.

Sometimes something will be happening in pop culture and a movie will be right there, so you'll have this perception that maybe the movie got there first. But in reality, culture gets there first.

You can choose who you want to be the hero [in Hard Candy], but youll be second-guessing yourself -- theres just no right answer. Our society is obsessed with finding good and finding evil, but I think were all capable of anything.