I Think That We All Have Within

Even As An Actor, I Think Like A Storyteller. My Parents Raised Us To Look At The Script.

My Mom Would Always Say This Thing About Writing - And I've Taken It Into Account In A Lot Of Things In My Life - Which Is Just, "make It Shorter." Figure Out What You Are Truly Saying, Whittle It Down To The Essence, Then Say That.

I'm A Very Political Person, And I Make Political Choices In My Movies.

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.

I Don't Want To Be Lofty When I Say This, But I Don't Know What A Success Is Any More. I Know How We Define It, But That Was A Moment Where I Went, "wait, Who Am I?" You Could Feel The Business, In Particular, Kind Of Go "he's All Right, Let's Go Over Here." I Started To Go, "wait, I Know Why I Love To Do This." I Think I Got Off Track In Why I Love To Do It.