One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal that is literally within our grasp.
You have that Frank Capra kind of side to it and the characters are really well drawn, so I think everybody tried their best to stay faithful to the script.
There’s kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm back. It’s kind of a mind-set. You want to be in this perfect mind-set before you released the ball.
I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did!
You don’t want to do what your parents want you to do. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is – that didn’t isn’t right.
I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways.
When you truly commit in your life, you start receiving more than you could imagine.
If some crazy idea stays in my head for long enough, then there’s no fighting it. I just say, Okay, let’s go.
Like most kids, you don’t want to do what your folks want you to do. You’ve got your own thing.
I consider myself pretty lazy, but I look back and check out the stuff I’ve done, and I say, ‘God, that’s a lot of stuff for a lazy guy.’ It’s a paradox, I suppose, being both things.
You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness as much as possible – the Zen thing – to let the deal come out of that nothing.
Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I’m a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I’d done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.
I don’t have too much time to jam with the rest of Hollywood.
I don’t really think in career terms.
Like most of the movies I get involved with, I resisted as long as possible, I really try to figure out why I shouldn’t do it and this one had plenty of reasons “not to do it”.
Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness.
When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another.
During my early years, I thought I might be a musician. Like most kids, I didn’t do what my parents wanted me to do. They were gung-ho that all their kids become actors. They loved showbiz so much. I am a product of nepotism, basically.
All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier. To me, it makes it more difficult and demanding.
One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they’re voting on hunger issues.