But Now I Really Don't Want To

Being Understood Is Not The Most Essential Thing In Life.

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.

As I've Said Before, And I Still Hold To, I Truly Am The Most Boring Person Alive. And If There Was A Great Investigation To Be Found At The End Of The Resume, It Would Be, The Most Boring Person Alive.

When I Was Growing Up, Books Took Me Away From My Life To A Solitary Place That Didn't Feel Lonely. They Celebrated The Outcasts, People Who Sat On The Margins Of Society Contemplating Their Interiors. . . Books Were My Cure For A Romanticized Unhappiness, For The Anxiety Of Impending Adulthood. They Were All Mine, Private Islands With Secret Passwords Only The Worthy Could Utter.

Julia Roberts And Sandra Bullock Do Romantic Comedies. I Do Dark Dramas. I Do These Movies Well.