I once came out of the hotel, and Brad Pitt was in front of me. There were all these fans out there and he walked out. I knew they were going to yell or something, but then they all just dropped down and died on the ground. Like 400 girls just simultaneously fell on the ground and died.
Directors will have a different idea than I have. It will rarely be a perfect match.
There were many incidents that influenced me over the course of my life. I mean, how does one first learn about human rights It's constantly evolving, and if there was some big-bang-like event, I can't remember what it was.
When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.
I have a very bad relationship with mice.
I moved out to LA, got an agent, started auditioning. I didn't know anything about how it worked. And since I was really bad, luckily, I didn't get any of those parts.
After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.
The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn't let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated.
I'm tired of playing the brat.
I tricked myself into doing this movie.
If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny
When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good.
I also learned to separate my experience on the set from how I felt about my performance in the movie. Because most of the time I just hate myself.
A friend - I was living with Matt Damon at the time - went in to audition for To Die For. When he met Gus, he recommended me and my brother. Because the story was about Pam Smart and set in New England, and we knew those kinds of kids and high schools and the whole accent and style.
I just gave up on acting for a couple of years until Good Will Hunting came around, and since it was Gus, it was hard to say no.
I tell people I'm studying Ebonics.
You sleep with people all the time that you hate.
People should try eating no animal products for just ONE DAY a week.
People bitch about losing their anonymity and then get insulted when someone doesn't recognize them from whatever success they've had.
For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me.
Why can't people just say they were moved Why do they have to say it's sappy
I get offered a lot of the same type of thing... The teenage slasher movies.
They wanted me to do Scream 2, and I hate talking about movies I turned down, because it sounds judgmental. There's nothing wrong with horror movies. I enjoy watching them. The main reason I turn a part down is if I think I won't be good.
The thing about Interview is that it's very flattering. I guess that's all most magazines are. They take the new, up-and-coming star and make them seem like they possess whatever qualities are popular... regardless of whether they have them or not.
But when I start to kiss someone - lust is the easiest emotion to generate.
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