I actually feel that all drama has an element of comedy in it. A great deal of that I learned from writers like Chekhov who called his plays his comedy even when they touch on tragedy.

I think I tend to feel discomfort more when I anticipate or arrive upon moments in which I need to be careful. As a gay person, there's the fear of violence, and we're not making that up.

I can be incredibly angry with someone, I can be incredibly critical, but... I went through a period where I was reading a lot of memoirs of guards in holocausts and serial killers. I like to understand why people do bad things.

I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart.

For me, an actor is really, first and foremost, a person and an individual, more than they are an actor or a professional.

You are always factoring in the economy within the process of creating something, and making decisions that seem both fearless and full of fear.

Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.