Practiced Poorly, Tourism Can Be

When I Was Very Small, I Had That First-time-you-see-a-play Experience, Which Immediately Made Me Want To Act, Because It Seemed Like This Incredible Outlet For Something I Was Already Doing Fairly Compulsively Anyway, Which Was Putting On Hats And Costumes And Doing Funny Voices. It Was A Very Natural Compulsion For Me.

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.

But Look At Avatar (2009), One Of The Most Globally Viewed Pieces Of Entertainment To Have Ever Been Made - The Central Emotional Event Of The Whole Movie Was A Tree Being Cut Down. And The Entire Movie, Essentially, Is Saying, "if We Let The Military Industrial Complex Trash The Place That We're Living In, We Will Have Committed An Epic Crime."

I Studied French Forever, And When Do I Ever Speak French? I Clearly Should Have Studied Spanish. I Wish I Had Stuck With Music, Because That Would Still Be Great. I Really Wish I Had Learned To Surf Earlier In My Life.

I Just Like Working With Smart People.