With The Hugely Talented Women I've Worked

We Have To Be Vulnerable As Actors, But We Have To Protect Ourselves.

I'm Fascinated By The First World War Because It Was Supposed To Be The War To End All Wars, And It Was The Biggest Conflagration That This Particular Planet Had Seen. There Was A Lot Of Talk About Utopia And How It Was Possible, And Then, Because Of These Events That For One Reason Or Another Couldn't Be Stopped, The Idea Of Utopia Went Out The Window.

I've Always Felt That An Independent Film Is A Film That Almost Doesn't Get Made.

It Is An Odd Paradox That A Society, Which Can Now Speak Openly And Unabashedly About Topics That Were Once Unspeakable, Still Remains Largely Silent When It Comes To Mental Illness.

So You Have The Challenge Of Just Learning The Lines, Period, And Not Only Learning Them, But Learning Them To The Extent That You Assimilate Them, So That You're Not Worried About What The Next Word Is Coming Out Of Your Mouth When It Comes To Doing A Scene. And You're Also In The Trenches With The Writers, Just In The Wonderful Kind Of Back And Forth Of How Is It Best To Say Something, Even If It Involves Four Or Five Words. I Love That Kind Of Thing.