I need to push myself. I'm not saying that I just want to do anything that's shocking, but when you have that combination of a script that's really beautiful and extremely shocking, it's exciting for me.
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If you get a script and it's really well written, that's always exciting.
People are always so surprised when I want to do dramatic stuff.
For me, the script is important. If it excites me, I'll do the film.
I think that it's fun to get the script and open it like a Christmas present. That's 'Alcatraz' or anything that I'm working on. If the groundwork has been laid too much, the surprises aren't there.
I get so excited about reading a new script.
My number one passion is acting, but I also think there's something so special in being able to support a script and an idea and take it all the way through to fruition. I think that process is so rewarding.
Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
Any film I do needs to excite me at a script level.
I feel like if you feel good about a script, and you feel confident about your ability to direct and just capture it right, it's all just, really, really in your favor there.
I really try my best not to get attached to a script, because I know what it takes: It takes you away from your family and what you like to do.
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