I think of the kids that live on top of garbage dumps, I think of the ways we could reach out to other countries, I think of certainly climate change. There's so much. The nighttime is that time, is it not?

I never started out trying to be an actor. That was not my passion, this was not my thing.

There's nothing wrong with being an agitator.

While I learned, I hid out largely in the gay community, and overall it kept me very safe.

It's interesting when you go out into the world and see which of your roles have affected people.

I've had, like, four long-term boyfriends. I tend to be in relationships for long periods of time.

I was with somebody else at the time, who I left - one, because I didn't really want to be with that person, and two, because I felt I'd had so much tragedy I needed to go off, go crazy, and maybe live on the outside for a while.