A lot of those people aren't their best salesmen. They're the opposite of a salesperson and I think there's something attractive about that.

I've always liked clothes. I usually work very closely with the costume designer when I work on films, picking the fabrics and the clothes. And colors convey feelings. I like swatches and things like that. It makes me feel at home.

The past has to inform the present...

My interest lies in my self-expression -- what's inside of me -- not what I'm in.

In a lot of movies, honestly, the directors don't talk to you that much. Maybe they say, "Faster, slower," whatever. Sometimes they give you little adjustments, because sometimes you want to start out neutral, but a lot of times you wind up directing yourself anyway, just doing what you think is the right thing to do.

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

My sensitivity level is high, but I think that's one of my assets as an actor.