I Like The Idea Of

I Started To Realize I Love Study, I Love The Study Of Human Behavior.

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.

Chris Cooper Once Told Me To Never Have Any Regrets. After Chris Said That To Me, I Walk Into Every Scene Thinking, 'exhaust Every Possibility.' Once You Get To A Certain Place, It's Like You Just Deliver Everything You've Got. Don't Have Any Regrets. It Pops Up In My Mind Over And Over And Over Again.

I Don't Have A "i Want To Play This Or That," I Just Don't Have That. I've Never Been Like That.

I Know Exactly What That Movie's [brokeback Mountain] About. I Can't Define It; It Doesn't Tie Up In A Perfect Bow. But It's About Adolescence. It's About What It Feels Like - This Isn't Meant As A Criticism, But Like Things I Didn't Relate To, Which Were High School Movies. Where I'd Watch It And I'd Be Like, "well, Am I Like The Kid That Nobody Likes? Or Am I Like The Person Who Everybody [likes]?" I Couldn't [tell]. I Was Like Quantifying, Putting Me In A Box. "this Is My Personality At That Age" And "i'm This Kind Of Person" Just Felt Like Bullshit To Me.