I Was Kind Of Scared Of Failing

When I Was Younger, I Didn’t Know That I Should Just Listen To My Own Voice, My Own Artistic Sense Of Things When I Was Choosing Projects, Because One Of The Biggest Creative Decisions That An Actor Can Make In The Film Business Is What You Will Work On.

I Get To Work With Incredibly Talented Young Filmmakers And Students, And Their Attitudes And Relationship With Film Is Still So Pure. That Re-inspires Me And Reminds Me Why I Got Into It And What I Love About Film, And Allows Me A Little Reprieve From The Business Side Of It. And It Rekindles My Love Of Film.

I Still Work Really Hard, But I Like To Think I'm A Little Smarter About At Least The Type Of Movie I'm Getting Into.

In A Movie, A Book, Or A Play, A Character Doesn't Live In A Vacuum. She Is Subject To Pressures From The World Outside Of Her, Just Like We Are In Life. These Pressures And Circumstances Shape Character. Who Your Parents Are Determines Your Genetic Make Up: Your Skin Color, Your Sex, Your Height, Weight. Where You Are Raised Does Affect Your Worldview Either Positively Or Negatively, Your Accent. Your Economic Class Affects Where You Go To School, What You Eat, Where You Sleep.

When We Were Doing 'freaks And Geeks', I Didn't Quite Understand How Movies And Tv Worked, And I Would Improvise Even If The Camera Wasn't On Me. I Thought I Was Helping The Other Actors By Keeping Them On Their Toes, But Nobody Appreciated It When I Would Trip Them Up. So I Was Improvising A Little Bit Back Then, But Not In A Productive Way.