I Just Don't Plan Things. I Live

Quentin's [tarantino] Thing Is "i Don't Want Anybody To Get Up Until They Have To. So, Because He Really Wants Things To Come Organically. And He May Have Specific Things Like "no, This ... I Want You To Be Here So That When He Punches You, It Falls. I Want That Action To Happen Here." But You Feel Like It Does, All The Blocking Does Come From An Organic Response To The Material.

I Hope My Talent Has Something To Do With It. I Just Think This Business Is So Crazy. I Obviously Do The Best I Can, And The Directors I Admire See Something In Me. But This Is A Strange Business, And There Are People Who Are Incredibly Talented Who Never Make It, Who Never Get These Opportunities. So That's Why I Say I'm Lucky. I Don't Feel That I'm Not Talented - I Think I Am Talented - But I Also Think I'm Very Lucky.

Even When You Think You Can Detach Yourself From The Characters, You Don't. Because You're Spending So Much Time Trying To Realize This Person And Make Them Real That They Do Infect You, In A Way. And You Do Take Them Home And Live With Them, Even If You Think You're Turning The Character Off. But In Order To Pull Off A Role Convincingly, You Wind Up Thinking About That Person All The Time, And It Does Sort Of Creep Into You. And Then There Are Things That You'll Respond To, Or React To In A Very Different Way Than You Would Normally.

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.

I Used To Hang Out By The Food Table At Parties Because You Don't Have To Talk To Anybody. If You Do Then You Can Talk About The Food.