I Have A Profound Respect For Cinematographers.

At Columbia There's No Performing Arts Department, So I Was Searching For It Everywhere I Could, And I Took Some Photography Classes And I Ended Up Becoming Fascinated With Eastern Religion, And Ultimately It Seemed To Encompass The More Abstract Mind That I Have.

Dad, I May Not Be The Best, But I Come To Believe That I Got It In Me To Be Somebody In This World. And It's Not Because I'm So Different From You Either. It's Because I'm The Same. I Mean, I Can Be Just As Hard-headed, And Just As Tough. I Only Hope I Can Be As Good A Man As You.

Peter Sarsgaard, He's An Extraordinary Actor, And I Would Say That Peter Has Really Brought Into My Life And My Sister's Life A Sense Of Presence As An Actor That I Never Really Understood Or Knew About Until I Met Him. They've Been Together For A Very Long Time, And He Introduced Me To The Idea Of The Presentation.

I Remember Chris Cooper Saying To Me - I Was Doing October Sky With Him - And He Said, "you Know, You're Just Yelling At Me." He's Like, "you're Just Yelling. You Need To Listen." We Were In A Fight, And You Know, Oh You'd Get So Excited As An Actor, You're Like, "we Have A Fight, Oh, I Get To Get Mad." And He Just Said, "you Need To Listen." And I Started Listening - And Then All Of A Sudden Where I Was Listening Was Where, I Don't Know, Anger Became Something Else.

As An Actor, I Feel Like I'm Somebody Who, When Somebody Gives Me A Mark, I Don't Want To Hit It. I Don't Like That. But Then, Without Even Knowing It, I Just Hit It.