I Fooled Around With Heath Ledger And

I Was Trying To Figure Out Where My Intellect, If I Really Have One, Where It Fit. And So I Was Searching. I Really Didn't Know Who I Was Or What I Really Wanted To Be, And In That Search, Like I Think You Do As An Actor, You End Up Trying To Define Whatever That Is, And I Sort Of Said, "oh Well, Searching Spiritually In A Way Is Interesting, And Eastern Religion Seems To Be About A Search."

Peter Sarsgaard, He's An Extraordinary Actor, And I Would Say That Peter Has Really Brought Into My Life And My Sister's Life A Sense Of Presence As An Actor That I Never Really Understood Or Knew About Until I Met Him. They've Been Together For A Very Long Time, And He Introduced Me To The Idea Of The Presentation.

When I Was Younger, I Did Work With Coach. I Went To This Place Called Actors Space In The Valley. I Was Pretty Young, And We Were Doing Acting And Improvisation. But No, No I Didn't Go To Rada, I Didn't Do That. But I Do Now Work With An Acting Coach, Primarily For The Initial Intellectual Connection To The Material.

I Don't Think I Had Any Idea At The Time How To Work With Someone As Masterful As He Is. And I Don't Think At The Time I Really Understood What Was Happening. I Think I Was In A Space Where I Was Like: There Are All These Things. I Was Shooting All These Takes With David, And I Was Just Confused, As A Person, And As An Actor Feeling A Little Too Big For My Britches And That This Thing Was Happening And Then Also Not Having Enough Skill Yet, And Technique To Know Exactly Where I Was, And Know About The Character.

My Mom Would Always Say This Thing About Writing - And I've Taken It Into Account In A Lot Of Things In My Life - Which Is Just, "make It Shorter." Figure Out What You Are Truly Saying, Whittle It Down To The Essence, Then Say That.