When People Come Together Too Young, They

There's A Lot Of Romanticisation Of The Intuitive Actor And Method Acting And All Kinds Of Notions About Getting Inside A Character And Coming Out From There.

I Started, With Three Friends, This Website Called Crowdrise That's Sort Of The Facebook For Personal Philanthropy, A Place Where Anybody Can Have A Permanent Microsite Of Their Own To Stage Creative Fundraising Projects For The Charities And Causes That They Care About. And We Did It With Serious Intent But Without Any Ambition.

I'm Fascinated By The Ways In Which People Express Themselves, Because Their Responses Are Often Counter To What They're Actually Feeling. Like When They're Frightened, They Tend To Freeze. When They're Angry, It Doesn't Always Come Out As Volume. There Are Wonderful Contradictions In The Way That People Express Their Emotions.

Just Because You've Made A Couple Movies, You've Done Some Good Movies, You've Been Nominated For Some Academy Awards, Whatever, Nobody's Entitled. It's A Business. If They Don't See It, I Can Think They're Wrong, But I'm Not Entitled To A $15 Million Budget To Make A Film.

I Had A Huge Advantage With Edward Norton Because He's Directed A Movie Before, So One Thing He Appreciates Is How Hard My Job Is, He's Very Sensitive To That. We Actually Ended Up Finishing "leaves Of Grass" A Day Early.