I Suppose That's My One Little Secret,

Actors Become Actors Because They Loved Entertaining Their Family By Putting On The Lampshade And Dancing Around As A Kid, ... That's Not My Personality. For Me, The Fun Part Of Making Movies Is Seeing It As A Director Sees It. I Like The Architecture Of Movies. I Like Knowing What's Coming And Working To Set That Up.

With 'taxi Driver,' I Had This Eureka Moment. I Realized That Acting Could Be Much More Than What I Had Been Doing. I Had To Build A Character That Wasn't Me.

I Love European Movies And I Kind Of Grew Up On European Films.

I Think It's Important That When People Are Struggling, That You Not Run Away From Them If You Love Them. Kristen, I Mean, I Look At The Room Tonight, You Know, Kristen Stewart And Claire Danes, Jennifer Lawrence, All These Young Women That I Worked With Who Basically Were Child Actors Like I Was A Child Actor. And Then I Feel Very Protective Of Them, Because Even Though I Think I Have Managed To Get Through The Process Relatively Sanely, I Have My Scars, And I Hope To Be In Some Ways A Member Of Their Family That's Out There Protecting Them.

I Was Never The Ingenue Or The Pretty Girlfriend Of Tom Cruise In A Movie. I Didn't Have That Career, So I Don't Have To Compete On That Level.