If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.
As an artist, there's so many categories that you're put into, that there are so many things that I'm about that I've never explored as an artist on film. I don't see myself in so many characters in film.
I guess that in this process of trying to incorporate or to be faithful to the films I admire so much, that's how I start to find my own voice. The admiration I have for filmmakers, this gratitude, perhaps that's my only way to become specific.
You have these relationships with people that you care about, but I also try to stick to my job as filmmaker and be fair and truthful about what I saw and my experience of the people, hopefully informed by a deep understanding of them.
It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.
When you aren't doing too many films, people find other things to write about you.
You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.
But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.
I really think of myself just as a filmmaker.
I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.