It Feels Really Sad, To Me, To

When I Research A Role It Does Get A Little Crazy And Maybe Even A Little Stupid.

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 I Was Younger, I Thought, 'ok, I'm Supposed To Do This Project Because It'll Help My Career,' But That Didn't Work Because I Ended Up Doing Movies That I Worked Really Hard On But I Didn't Really Like And They Didn't Turn Out Well, So It Was Like I Lost Double. Once I Just Started Working With People And Projects I Believed In, Everything Changed And I Suddenly Had A Career That I Loved And That I Was Proud Of.

I Teach A Lot - I Teach At The Ucla And Usc Graduate Film Programs - And A Lot Of Those Projects Are My Students' Projects That I Act In Or I Do A Cameo.

Life As A Performance Is Just A Way To Look At Life Choices As Character Choices. Every Morning You Choose What To Wear, You Choose How To Wear Your Hair, You Choose Your Friends, You More Or Less Choose Your Profession, And How Hard You Will Work At It. Those Are All Things That An Actor Decides About His Character When He Is Performing, And They Are Things That We Decide In Life. We Create Our "character."