A Lot Of Why I Do Something

In A Very Philosophic Sense I Think Doing The Work Is Itself A Good Thing. But At The End Of The Day, Since We're Taking Other People's Shekels To Do It, And Their Work Is Being Able To Make A Return Out Of It, It Forces You To Consider The Fact That You're Doing It For Other People. The Whole Construct Is Built Around The Assumption That It's Going To Get Shared, And That Someone Else Is Going To Find Value In It - Entertainment, Catharsis, Enlightenment, Or Whatever.

It Must Be Good To Be In Germany And France, Because I Have Completely Forgotten What It Is Like To Be Proud Of Your Government.

Making Really Great Music, Making Really Great Films, Writing Great Books Is An Antidote To All Of That. And, As People, As Artists, Some Of The Massive Disruption That Technology Is Causing Is So Exciting, The Way That People Can Share Creativity Now.

I've Always Thought Of Acting As More Of An Exercise In Empathy, Which Is Not To Be Confused With Sympathy. You're Trying To Get Inside A Certain Emotional Reality Or Motivational Reality And Try To Figure Out What That's About So You Can Represent It.

Most People Don't Relate To And Can't Generate Concern For Something They Don't Encounter Personally Or Feel Personally Affected By. People Have To Have The Palpable Negatives In Their Lives Dissected For Them In Ways That Let Them Understand The Root Causes Of Unhealthy, Unhappy Conditions In Their Lives And Then Be Allowed To Really See And Feel The Positive Alternatives.