I Don't Think I'm Sharp Enough To

I Remember Chris Cooper Saying To Me - I Was Doing October Sky With Him - And He Said, "you Know, You're Just Yelling At Me." He's Like, "you're Just Yelling. You Need To Listen." We Were In A Fight, And You Know, Oh You'd Get So Excited As An Actor, You're Like, "we Have A Fight, Oh, I Get To Get Mad." And He Just Said, "you Need To Listen." And I Started Listening - And Then All Of A Sudden Where I Was Listening Was Where, I Don't Know, Anger Became Something Else.

Don't Listen To What Anybody Says Except The People Who Encourage You.

What Made Me Most Courageous Was That I Realized I Had To Try To Let Go Of That Stereotype I Had In My Mind, That Bit Of Homophobia, And Try For A Second To Be Vulnerable And Sensitive. It Was F**kin' Hard, Man. I Succeeded Only For Milliseconds.

I Get Off On The Interaction With People, And I Love The Chess Of A Movie And Particularly - Not Only In Preproduction Or In Production Or Postproduction - The Behavioral Chess. That Is, Learning And Being Humbled By And Also Teaching Certain People Certain Things. I Love That. As A Producer, You Have An Opportunity To See The Whole And Bring People Together.

Don't Listen To What Anybody Says Except The People Who Encourage You. If It's What You Want To Do And It's Within Yourself, Then Keep Going And Try To Do It For The Rest Of Your Life.