My parents are relieved as much as anything that I'm getting some work.

Part of what makes your performances more convincing is that your own image isn't getting in the way. And the more you can keep it like that, the better for your work and your state of mind.

I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.

I haven't really focused so much on getting acting work.

(My parents) were supposed to fly here this afternoon and they couldn't get to the airport.

An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict.