As Actors, We React To The Material

[americans] Can't Understand That The Water In Our Toilet Is Cleaner Than 880 Million Have Access To.

The Values That I Have Are The Values I Was Raised With, From Where I'm From, Which Is A Middle-class Place. So That Informs Everything About Me, My Politics And All That Stuff. I Mean, Politically, I Vote Against My Own Self-interest At Every Election. I Actively Ask These People To Raise My Taxes.

You Know, A One-term President With Some Balls Who Actually Got Stuff Done Would Have Been, In The Long Run Of The Country, Much Better.

The Whole Thrust Of Theatre Is Different, Just Because The Writing Is So Much More Respected In A Play. Whereas In Movies - And Having Been The Writer, I Can Say From Experience - The Writer Is Lower Down On The Food Chain.

I Think What Makes A Good Actor's Director Is Somebody Who Understands What I'm Doing And Is Respectful Of It, But Who Also Has A Vision And Is Directing Me Toward Their Vision In A Way That Feels Productive.