I'm Not Optimistic At All, Nor Am

I Mean You Can Go Wherever You Want With It Really. No Matter What Story You're Telling You're Always Representing Some Reality. You Are Always Representing Human Beings, Their Fears, Their Shortcomings, Their Braveries, Their Doubts, Their Loves, Their Abilities, Their Brilliance And Those Things Inevitably Lead To Bigger Political Systems, Foreign Policy And Crime And Religion. It's An Action Film. We Are Not Taking A Stance About Big Government.

But We're Born As Children And We Look At The World With Open Eyes... And We Don't Judge And We Don't Betray. We're Not Jealous. We're Not Envious. We're Not Even Weary, Which Is A Danger Also As Kids. They Have To Learn A Certain Amount Of Awareness.

I Called Nic Pizzolatto And He Said, "no, No. You're In It The Whole Way Through." That Was Fun To Shoot [in The Lobster]. I Had A Few Scenes In That Show That Were Some Of My Favorite All-time Scenes To Be In.

Pain Seems To Be Easier, Or Melancholy Seems To Be Easier To Portray In A Character. I Don't Know If That's Because I'm A Human Being Or Because I'm An Irishman Or Both.

I've Done Far Too Many Things That I Felt Were Going To Be Genius That Weren't And I've Done Some Things That I Didn't Think Were Going To Be Much That Really Connected With People. So Expectations Are Left At The Door. But Hope Exists All The Time.