I Hope I'm A Spiritual Person. I'm

The Truth Is Most Of The Films That Make A Lot Of Money No One Remembers, And I'm Not Interested In Making Films That No One Remembers.

I Have A Profound Respect For Cinematographers. That Is My Secret Sauce. Like They Are Everything To Me.

When I Walk Into A Screening, I'm Nervous In A Different Way Than I Am As An Actor. But The Response Is Ultimately I Know How I Feel About It And That's What Matters To Me The Most.

Working With Robert, Robert [elswit] Is A Storyteller. He's Not A Cinematographer, He's A Storyteller. And To Me, That's The Graduation I Hope To Get To In My Profession. That I'm Not Just An Actor, I'm A Storyteller. And I Think That Takes A Long Time In, When You Have One Job On A Movie Set. Makeup Artists, Actor, Whatever. To Graduate From Just That To Storyteller.

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.