The Best Films Of Any Kind, Narrative

Any Questions I Had About Whether A Redneck From Oklahoma Could Become A Brown Classical Philosophy Professor Ended When I Met Tim [blake Nelson].

I've Always Thought Of Acting As More Of An Exercise In Empathy, Which Is Not To Be Confused With Sympathy. You're Trying To Get Inside A Certain Emotional Reality Or Motivational Reality And Try To Figure Out What That's About So You Can Represent It.

I Like To Get Into A Lot Of Things Besides Movies. I've Been Very Involved With A Few Specific Efforts. We Built This Park In New York And It's Been A Very Successful Project... I Worked On A Conservation Project In East Africa... Too Much Of This Type Of Stuff Can Get You Wrapped Up In Your Own Work And I Love It.

See, I Don't Get The Sense That You Need To Direct At All. Sometimes I Get The Opposite Sensation From You, That You're Like, "i Really Should Go Do Something Else." But Then You Are Drawn Back In By A Particular Story, Like A Hangnail In The Brain.

It Must Be Good To Be In Germany And France, Because I Have Completely Forgotten What It Is Like To Be Proud Of Your Government.