I Was An English Major At Ucla

I Wouldn't Want To Live Life In An Untroubled Garden, Blissful And Ignorant. I Would Want To Get Out Into The World, And Be A Part Of Something. In A Way I Was Born Into The Garden Of Eden, Or As Close As You Can Get In Our World; I Was Born White, Male, And In Palo Alto. I Had It Pretty Kush.

If You Just Read The Book, You're Taking In The Narrative, You're Taking In The Characters, You're Understanding It In A Certain Way. If You Make A Movie It's Really An Act Of Translation.

When I Went To Film School About Three Years Ago, The First Two Years You're Required To Make A Series Of Short Films. I Started Making Films Based On Short Poems.

As An Actor In The Classroom, You're Revealing So Much, And Teachers Are, You Know, They're Just Critiquing Like A Painting Or A Piece Of Work; It's Like, It's You, And It's Your Emotions That They're Working With.

It Feels Really Sad, To Me, To Go To A Dark Bedroom. It's Like Surrendering To The Night Or Something.