If Many People Love Me, Then I

I Was An English Major At Ucla When I Was 18, And Then I Left After A Year To Start Acting. I Was Educating Myself During That Time.

I've Decided I Can't Really Control People's Perceptions Of Me. All I Can Do Is Decide On What I Work On And How Hard I Work On It.

The Hair Is Really A Way To Push Me Even Farther Out Of Just What People Know Me For. I Don't Really Know What People Know Me For.

I'm Starting To Teach Now: I Teach In The Graduate Film Program At Nyu And Next Year I'm Going To Be Teaching At Los Angeles At The Film Program And English Program At Ucla.

I Put Out A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Material, And Maybe People Read That As Egotistical. Or Maybe, Since A Lot Of It Does Involve Some Aspect Of Me, They Find It Self-aggrandizing. But There’s A Long Tradition Of Artists Using Themselves. Look, I Know I’m Not Perfect. And, Who Knows, Maybe A Part Of It Has To Do With Self-obsession. But It’s Also About Using This Weird Thing That Is A Public Persona As Raw Material For Creative Projects.