Crazy People Don't Sit Around Wondering If

As An Actor, I Feel Like I'm Somebody Who, When Somebody Gives Me A Mark, I Don't Want To Hit It. I Don't Like That. But Then, Without Even Knowing It, I Just Hit It.

I'm Open To Whatever People Want To Call Me.

I Know Exactly What That Movie's [brokeback Mountain] About. I Can't Define It; It Doesn't Tie Up In A Perfect Bow. But It's About Adolescence. It's About What It Feels Like - This Isn't Meant As A Criticism, But Like Things I Didn't Relate To, Which Were High School Movies. Where I'd Watch It And I'd Be Like, "well, Am I Like The Kid That Nobody Likes? Or Am I Like The Person Who Everybody [likes]?" I Couldn't [tell]. I Was Like Quantifying, Putting Me In A Box. "this Is My Personality At That Age" And "i'm This Kind Of Person" Just Felt Like Bullshit To Me.

When I Was Young, Before School, My Father Would Wake Me Up And We Would Go Running Together. A Love Of Being Physical, Being Active And Being Outside Was Something He Instilled In Me.

Ang [lee] Gave Us A Lot Of Books About Cowboys Who Had Been Gay Or Stories About It And All That Stuff. And I Just Talked To A Lot Of My Friends - Who [was] Their First, Particularly Same-sex, First Situation. That Was Fascinating To Me - Trying To Learn What That Was In A Certain Period Of Time. Certain Age. The Secrecy Involved In It. All Those Things.