I'm So Used To Swimming With The

When I Take On A Character, It's A Sacrifice. There's Something That You Give Up Every Time. I Want To Become These Characters, And I Want To Be Mysterious, But If You Know Too Much About Me, It's Not Going To Be Too Much Fun Watching Me Play A Character, Because It's Just Going To Be Me With A Mask On, Instead Of You Believing What The Mask Is.

You Know How It Is When You Put On Your Best Friend's Shirt. You Feel Weird, Even If Everyone Tells You That It Looks Good. You Know That It Isn't Right.

When What You Do Is Play Characters, Every Day, All Day, I Wasn't Really Interested In Playing A Pop Star On The Weekends. I Wanted To Be Myself, And It Slowly Turned Into Not Being Me At All, So I Just Didn't Really See The Point. If The Music Actually Happens, At Some Point, It Will Be Because Some Underground Following Happened, Or Some Little Elves Heard It And Were Leaking It.

One Of The Reasons I Love Making Movies Is Because It's An Opportunity To Share With The World A Different Way Of Being Or A Different Way Of Living Or Seeing The World. If It's Something You've Already Seen Before, If I Have Too Many Reference Points For It, Then It's Not Exciting For Me To Make.

The Main Thing For Me Is Just The Length Of Time It Takes To Make A Movie. It's At Least A Year Of Just Talking About It, Talking About It With Yourself Or Your Director Or Your Other Castmates Or The Press, So You Just Want To Make Sure It's A Film That Although You Initially Feel This Pull Or This Drive To It, You Don't Really Have The Answers To Why You're Drawn To It. But It's More About Not Knowing The Answers To Certain Questions But Wanting To Go On The Journey Of Discovery To Find The Answers.