I Was An English Major

I Put Out A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Material, And Maybe People Read That As Egotistical. Or Maybe, Since A Lot Of It Does Involve Some Aspect Of Me, They Find It Self-aggrandizing. But There’s A Long Tradition Of Artists Using Themselves. Look, I Know I’m Not Perfect. And, Who Knows, Maybe A Part Of It Has To Do With Self-obsession. But It’s Also About Using This Weird Thing That Is A Public Persona As Raw Material For Creative Projects.

I Was Being Generous. Gia Coppola Wasn't Even A Filmmaker At That Time, But I Asked Her To Do It, Because I Believed In Her As An Artist. And Because I Wanted A Woman's Take On The Material. The Book Palo Alto Is Very Male-centric, But Gia Carved Out A Bunch Of The Female Characters, And Brought Them To The Fore In The Movie. And The Project Was Richer For It.

We Fell In Love Last Night. He's The Coolest Guy.

In A Movie, A Book, Or A Play, A Character Doesn't Live In A Vacuum. She Is Subject To Pressures From The World Outside Of Her, Just Like We Are In Life. These Pressures And Circumstances Shape Character. Who Your Parents Are Determines Your Genetic Make Up: Your Skin Color, Your Sex, Your Height, Weight. Where You Are Raised Does Affect Your Worldview Either Positively Or Negatively, Your Accent. Your Economic Class Affects Where You Go To School, What You Eat, Where You Sleep.

I Still Work Really Hard, But I Like To Think I'm A Little Smarter About At Least The Type Of Movie I'm Getting Into.