25th Hour. |
But you pick yourself up. The advantage of being a bigger name is it costs them too much money to cut you out of a movie. |
Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind. |
For the most part, people know me for my work, |
I think it proves I can hold my own in a big studio movie, and I can play a leading man without making him a stereotypical leading man. We can be sensitive human beings in this world and be tough guys, too. |
I think people go to movies and they know too much about the movie before they go into it, whether it's the advertising or they're reading too many stories about it. And they know all the essential elements of the film before they even go into it. And I think that sabotages a thriller. |
I thought it would be easier, |
I'd like to do, you know, a lighter film with a beautiful girl and an interesting relationship developing. Humor and slapstick. It's all gravy. |
I'm not doing it because it's easy, |
I'm sure it would be fun annihilating all my enemies too. I'm not really drawn to that, but as a character I can see it being a lot of fun. |
It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world, I take a lot less for granted. |
It was a lesson, |
It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue. |
Of course I think it's relevant to what is happening today, ... We experience a lot of oppressive forces and we're powerless to a certain extent. |
One thing I'm now asked is 'Oh, you're changing, you're now doing studio movies', |