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51st State Was One That I Loved Doing Because The Character Was So Out There, And In A Way I Was Sad To Leave The Character Behind. I'm Afraid I Could Never Be That Cool In Real Life!

I Was Terribly Shy When I Was Growing Up, I Really Wasn't Confident With Other People And I Think I Was Always Afraid Of Up Or Not Being This Very Cool, Amazing Person That I Wanted To Be.

The Ratings Thing Is The Real Issue. It Really Hurts Movies. For Example, In Redbelt, I Smoked. The Whole Plot Of My Character Was Based On The Fact That I Was A Smoker. And Then They Discovered That Just By Having Someone Smoking In The Movie, It Immediately Makes The Rating An R. So They Had To Cut Out Every Shot Where I Had A Cigarette In My Hand And It Totally Affected The Performance. That Was Very Frustrating To David Mamet As Well. I Can Remember Him Saying, "it's A Nightmare."

It's Quite Frightening; The Business Of Trying To Be Funny Is Very Hairy. In Comedy, The Potential For Humiliation Is Huge. Trying To Be Funny And Failing Is About The Most Embarrassing Thing You Can Do.

I Never Felt I Was Quite The Ticket Academically. I Always Felt I Had To Put In An Enormous Amount Of Effort Not To Be Disappointing. So I Worked Really Hard, But At The Time It Suited Me, Because I Didn't Do Very Much Else.