I’ve Been A Con Artist Since I

I’m So Thankful To Have Been Born In The Times That We Live In. I Felt A Responsibility To Simon [halls] And To Our Kids To Be Able To Live With Integrity And Not Have Some Strange Split Psychology Of This Is Who My Dad Is At Home, And This Is Who He Is To The Public. That Trumped Any Type Of Professional Repercussions That It Could Have Had. And – Not By My Own Volition Or Choice – I’ve Been Playing Exclusively Straight Characters For The First 10 Years Of My Career. Whatever Happens From This Point On Says A Lot More About The Business And Society Than It Does About Me.

I At Least Felt The Obligation To Speak Clearly [in 'the Last Tycoon']. This Is Pre-brando And Pre-james Dean. Nobody Mumbled Back Then.

I Pretty Much Got Busted For Everything, But I Definitely Stretched Out My Boundaries As A Kid, As Well.

I've Never Cared About How Successful Or How Big I Was Going To Be. I Just Wanted To Be Part Of A Story That Affected People, Made Them Laugh Or Cry. To Me, That Was More Important Than Having My Face On Some Billboard.

I Had Just Finished Reading The Day Of The Locust When This Piece Was Brought To My Attention, And I Was Like, "how Do You Create Art In The System, The Way It Is?" Looking Around The Studio Film Landscape, There Are All Of These Great Superhero Movies, Which Is Fantastic, Especially For My Kids, But It's Hard To Find Real Art House Films In The Studio System, These Days.