Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.
You guys might be surprised but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child.
Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.
I like to nap. I do like to sleep. Sometimes I sleep in between takes.
Now, apparently, Im told that every celebrity is expected to honor the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance, and a prime-time reality show.
What I didn’t realize is how completely consumed I would be by my sons. I didn’t know that the rest of my life would become so little a priority.
With ‘Taxi Driver,’ I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn’t me.
I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can’t really focus on anything else, and that is your world.
Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering into the film business in some other way.
I’ve only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy.
Otherness is a big thing for me. I’m always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn’t lead.
I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.
My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.
My earliest memories are doing commercials and TV.
Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.
I did a couple of plays in junior high school, maybe high school, and then I did a play in college.
It’s hard to get personal films off the ground, and it’s hard developing them.
I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.
Part of me longs to do a job where there’s not a gray area.
Going back and forth between the press and something like The Crucible must be really crazy and intense.