I Feel Like I Turned Down A

You Know, You Really Do Choose Your Existence In A Way.

I Feel Like I Turned Down A Lot Of Things That I Wish I Hadn't. But You Never Know When You're Younger. I Don't Have Regrets About Certain Things I Turned Down. Those Films Would Have Required Things Of Me That Would Have Been Challenging, And They Ended Up Being Really Good Movies. But I Was Never A Careerist, I Never Thought In Those Terms. I'd Be Like, "oh, I'm Tired. I Don't Want To Work."

I Like As Much Time As I Can Get And I'll Do Whatever I Think Is Helpful To Prepare For A Role. Sometimes It's Practical Research, Meaning If I Had To Write Shorthand, I'd Learn How To Write Shorthand. Or If I Have To Know How To Dance A Certain Way, I Would Learn That. And Then There's Just Research Of Talking To People Similar To The Characters I'm Playing. And There's Stuff That I Just Feel Is Inspiring, Whether It Be Music Or A Painting Or A Photograph. I've Used A Lot Of Nan Goldin's Photos In The Past To Inspire Me. I Use Certain Paintings And Pieces Of Music.

One Of The Reasons That I Do A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Pictures Is Because I Learn A Lot When I'm Doing Them.

Even If The Role Is Very Far Away From Me, To Try And Make It As Nakedly Me As Possible Is An Intriguing Notion.