I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.
Actors are such an insecure breed.
Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie.
In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.
I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.
We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7.
Cities - I'm attracted to them, and I have a special attachment to New York. . . it's my place.
I used to think hard work made me come alive, honestly. I used to have a daily work schedule with millions of things on it and I thought, "This is wonderful!"
My heart is turned to stone; I strike it, and it hurts my hand.