Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture.
There's no doubt that I owe a lot to my training of stage acting.
For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.
Physical expression was my first language: Before I was an actor, I was a dancer, an acrobat, a mime and a street performer.
It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You learn by doing.
I can't fool myself into thinking that musically I don't need other people, whether it's as a foil or just to come in and make real the ideas that are kind of vague and wispy in my head.
I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.
Life is very sweet to me, and there is no position of power or wealth that could tempt me from the throne God has given me.