I Like That Best As I Am

There Is Currency To Celebrity, Or Celebrity Is A Currency... You Can Spend It In A Lot Of Ways, Or You Can Squander It. You Can Be Taxed, As Well. I Really Started Thinking Long And Hard About How To Use That Currency As Long As I Had It.

I Recognize That Hollywood Is Not About Seniority. Often It's Not Even A Meritocracy. It's About What You Did Yesterday. You Have A Couple Of Misses, And Suddenly It's Impossible To Find A Hit. So The Swings Are Gigantic. But I've Always Understood It As Such, And Navigated It As Such.

I've Consciously Taken On Material That's A Bit Too Much For Me But Not An Overreach. The First Movie, Just About Performances. 'the Town,' I Learned How To Work Broader Material, Develop Tension, Direct Bigger Scenes, Action Sequences. 'argo,' I Experimented With Film Stock, Widened The Scope Of My Geography.

I've Seen High And Lows. When Things Go Well That Doesn't Make Me Feel Like Some Genius. Nor Will I Allow The Next Disappointment To Make Me Feel Like A Complete Failure.

My Mother Always Accused Me Of Being In Love With The Sound Of My Own Voice. When We Went On Road Trips, She'd Be Like, 'stop Singing. Be Quiet, You're Talking Just To Hear Yourself Speak.' It Was Probably True. I Like To Ramble On, Which Is Probably Why I'm Well Suited To Interviews. You Know, There's No Other Forum Where You're Literally Supposed To Sit Down And Just Talk For Hours About Yourself. I Love It.