I've been reading a bunch of stuff lately - like Joseph Campbell - that has made me realize that people in our cultural, especially in the liberal community, often go in search of a foe. It's like we always need a hill to climb up or something to push against, or we feel as if we're not working constructively in the world.

You have to have a personal connection. You have to really want to do it, because if you don't, investing yourself personally, your thoughts, your emotions, yourself into a part, is something you're not going to want to do as much.

My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater.

The strange thing is I never thought I'd do films.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.

When you're acting, you're subjective; when you're a director, you're more objective.You're kind of watching from the outside and helping others, and therefore I learn my mistakes through others, and also my assets through others.