Cat Lovers Turn Into Cat Collectors.

I Was Just A Quiet Kid, Really. I Wasn't The Class Clown At All.

I Went Door-to-door Selling Cable Television Subscriptions When I Was In College. I Found It Incredibly Difficult, Doing That Kind Of Sales Work. I Would Have Thought I'd Be Good At It, But I Wasn't. It's So Easy In Acting. Everything Falls Into Place When They Write That You're A Salesman. People Just Say Yes, And Then It's Great.

When I Look Back On My Childhood, I Think Of That Short Time In Beirut. I Know That Seeing The City Collapse Around Me Forced Me To Grasp Something Many People Miss: The Fragility Of Peace.

I Do Give A Great Deal Of Forethought And Zone In On Character And All Sorts Of Things Like That. Never Before Have I Just Stuffed Something Away In The Back Cupboard Of My Brain Because It Was Just Such A Crazy Concept.

I Don't Think There's Any Connection Between My Journalism Career And My Film Career. They Are Two Totally Different Mediums And Very Different Skills.