I Went Through This Very Serious Woody

I Think The Word 'earnest' Kind Of Has A Negative Connotation On Some Level. I Think One Of The Things That's Happened Is That Being Cynical Is Somehow Conflated With Being Sophisticated. I Think That's Problematic, To Say The Least.

I Went Through This Very Serious Woody Allen Phase In College And A Little Bit After College. I Still See His Movies.

I'm A Little Less Hungry As An Actor Than I Used To Be. When You're A Director, You're The Conductor Of The Orchestra, And When You're An Actor, You're Playing The Violin. There's A Thrill To Each Of Them, But As The Conductor, You Get The Fuller Sound.

Here's The Problem: I Don't Like Who I've Become When My Iphone Is Within Reach. I Find Myself Checking E-mails And Responding To Texts Throughout The Day With Some Kind Of Pavlovian Ferocity - It's Not A Conscious Act, But A Reflexive One.

Time Off From The News Is Always Something I Welcome.