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Roy, The Guy I Play In 'the Grifters,' Is A Guy Who Had A Very Bleak Life. His Mother Had Him At 13, And Then When She Was 17 Or 18 And He Was 4 Or 5, They Were Trapped In A Small Texas Town Somewhere, And She Was Ready To Do Anything To Get Out.

It's Something We, Guys, Have All Done. Made Tapes For Girls, Trying To Impress Them, To Meet Them On A Shared Plane Of Aesthetics. Read Them Someone Else's Poetry Because They Do Poetry Better Than You Could Do It, Because You're Too Awkward To Do It.

I Never Really Saw Myself As An Activist But At Some Point The Activist Is The Only Moral Position To Take.

Not Only Is America A Country Where Torture Is Now Policy. It's Now Outsourced. It's Given To Companies At A Cost-plus Basis. It's A Triple Whammy Of Surreal, Absolute Madness.

With Acting, You Wanna See If You Can Get Into Trouble Without Knowing How You're Gonna Get Out Of It. It's Like The Exact Opposite Of War, Where You Need An Exit Strategy. When You're Acting, You Should Get All The Way Into Trouble With No Exit Strategy, And Have The Cameras Rolling.