I Think Where I've Instinctively Found Myself

Maybe That's One Of The Virtues Of The 2016 Election That We're Going Through Is All Of This Racism And Xenophobia And Sexism And Whatever Else You Want To Say Is Being Exposed, Maybe That's A Blessing. I'm Trying To Look At The Positive Side Of What's Been Happening In Our Country, Which Is Frightening.

We All Perform Our Lives In A Way. And The Actor Is A Perfect Metaphor To Get At That Theme Of "how Do We Find Our Authentic Selves?" And That We All - Whether We're Actors Or Not - Perform Ourselves. As A Way Of Searching. As A Way Of Fumbling Around And Trying To Say, Is This My Voice? Is This Who I Am?

A Lot Of Acting Is Working With Your Own Psyche In Order To Allow Yourself To Be Open And Reveal Yourself. But Then Of Course There's A Healthy Part Of You That Says, "well, Don't Do That." You Know, You're Going To Be In Front Of People. You Could Look Foolish. You Could Get It Wrong. You Could Be Too Big Or Too Small Or Not Realistic Or Whatever Those Things Are. People Might Criticize You. There's All Kinds Of Reasons Not To Be Open. But You Do Want To Be Open.

I Think Where I've Instinctively Found Myself Is That I Am Somewhat Guarded In My Public Life. Being Interviewed Or Being Photographed Or Just In Public Attention, I Have A Certain Reserve. But When I'm Working I Feel Like I'm Very Open. At Least I Like To Believe That I Feel Like Nothing Is Held Back When I'm In Front Of A Camera. That's My Job.

In A Film, If You Can Capture What's Going On Underneath, You Can Begin To Make A Connection Between The Character And The People Watching It.