I Fooled Around With Heath Ledger And

I Think I'm Not In This Work To Not Look At Life As It Is. I'm Not In It To Say, "i Want To Wear A Mask And Escape," You Know. I Want To Know What's Happening In The World, And I Want To Have It Touch Me In A Way That I Can Do Something, My Little Part Like That, And Have It Somehow Translate.

Masculinity Is, Nowadays And Generationally, Confusing. What Is Honor, What Is Protection, What Is Being A Man? It's Evolving. But I Believe Having An Open Heart - And A Strong Mind To Protect That - Is The Idea.

I Wasn't Really Quite Sure Where Heath Ledger Came From, And I Think That's The Feeling Most People Got When They Were Around Him And Why He Was So Extraordinary.

Ang [lee] Gave Us A Lot Of Books About Cowboys Who Had Been Gay Or Stories About It And All That Stuff. And I Just Talked To A Lot Of My Friends - Who [was] Their First, Particularly Same-sex, First Situation. That Was Fascinating To Me - Trying To Learn What That Was In A Certain Period Of Time. Certain Age. The Secrecy Involved In It. All Those Things.

I Think My Strength Is To Do A Take All The Way Through. I Am Definitely Not Someone Who Can Do A Sprint. Maybe I Am Not That Smart, But It Takes Me A While To Find The Moment, And I Like To Be Pushed Toward It.