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I Think Where I've Instinctively Found Myself Is That I Am Somewhat Guarded In My Public Life. Being Interviewed Or Being Photographed Or Just In Public Attention, I Have A Certain Reserve. But When I'm Working I Feel Like I'm Very Open. At Least I Like To Believe That I Feel Like Nothing Is Held Back When I'm In Front Of A Camera. That's My Job.

We All Perform Our Lives In A Way. And The Actor Is A Perfect Metaphor To Get At That Theme Of "how Do We Find Our Authentic Selves?" And That We All - Whether We're Actors Or Not - Perform Ourselves. As A Way Of Searching. As A Way Of Fumbling Around And Trying To Say, Is This My Voice? Is This Who I Am?

Maybe That's One Of The Virtues Of The 2016 Election That We're Going Through Is All Of This Racism And Xenophobia And Sexism And Whatever Else You Want To Say Is Being Exposed, Maybe That's A Blessing. I'm Trying To Look At The Positive Side Of What's Been Happening In Our Country, Which Is Frightening.

I Can Be Very Snobby About Fiction, Especially Contemporary Fiction. I Can Be Kind Of Overly Demanding, I Think. But This Is, I Think, A Good Time. A Lot Of Fiction Comes Out Right Now. So, I Like Reading The Memoir. I Love Memoir, The Biography, Auto Bio.

Things Either Become Unclear In A Story Or They're Just Ambiguous With No Real Point. So Defined Gray Area With Clarity That Also Works In The Narrative, That's Tricky.