I Don't Need To Be Tom Cruise.

I'd Prefer Not To Act In The Film I'm Directing. I Think, Though, As An Actor, You Do Learn How To Turn Things On And Off Quickly And Kind Of Compartmentalize. You Learn To Accommodate The Camera And The Other Actors, To Notice Where The Boom Is And Where You Mark Is, And Be Able To Repeat Something A Few Times.

When I Went Home, My Family Became A Little Lonely Family Because It Was Just Me And My Mom. Part Of My Longing To Go Back To Work Was Wanting To Be Surrounded By These People Who Were Teaching Me Things And Drinking Bad Coffee At Three In The Morning While We Were Lying Around In A Bikini In The Winter. Somehow It Just Felt Like Real Life. It Felt More Like Real Life Than My Life.

I Think I Missed All Of The Wonderful Things ... I Missed The Control That You Have In Film, And I Missed Getting It Right, Really Getting It Right, The Way You Hope People Will See It. All Of The Things That People Love About Theater - The Fact That It Changes Every Night And That It's So Spontaneous - All Of Those Things Just Frighten Me.

I Conducted A Bunch Of Interviews For Interview Magazine. They Actually Paid Me. I Think I Was Probably 18 Or 19. I Was In College And I Remember Feeling, Like, "wow." I Had A Real Job, And They Paid Me Money, And It Was Exciting.

Normal Is Not Something To Aspire To, It's Something To Get Away From.