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The Best Moments Can't Be Preconceived. I've Spent A Lot Of Time In Editing Rooms, And A Scene Can Be Technically Perfect, With Perfect Delivery And Facial Expression And Timing, And You Remember All Your Lines, And It Is Dead.

When I Received My First Paycheck From My Now Known Day Job, I Spent It On A Period Craftsman Chair And A Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe Lamp. With My Second Paycheck, I Bought A Stereo.

Religion Works. I Know There's Comfort There, A Crash Pad. It's Something To Explain The World And Tell You There Is Something Bigger Than You, And It Is Going To Be Alright In The End. It Works Because It's Comforting. I Grew Up Believing In It, And It Worked For Me In Whatever My Little Personal High School Crisis Was, But It Didn't Last For Me.

Democracy Doesn't Work Unless People Are Well Informed, And I Don't Know That We Are. People Just Don't Have The Time. Most People's Daily Lives Are Just About Surviving. Most People Don't Have Time To Really Study [crucial] Issues.

I Spent The '90s Trying To Hide Out, Trying To Duck The Full Celebrity Cacophony.