Biography

I feel like I'm nothing but creative. I don't understand these other ways of being and I feel like it was supposed to be this way. I'm not even sure what I'm doing half the time, but I'm not just sitting on my ass - I'm always working, always thinking, always trying to create something and feel like I'm transforming.

I had done a lot of theater in L.A. and then got offers to do movies I wasn't really attracted to. The parts were sort of middle-of-the-road, ambiguous, teenage roles. I'm more into the avant-garde, more into the strange. But as a young actor, they take you while you're stupid and mold you into whatever shape they think is appropriate.

I see myself as a creative being. My only fear is compromising my integrity. I guess that's a constant struggle.

I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space.

In the most high profile situations where I've felt like I'm being commodified, the question that's put on the table is whether I'm an artist or an actor. And that in itself is very, very silly. Why are people forced to sort of have this idea of creating themselves into a demigod figure? Why should that be the goal? It doesn't make sense. It's a question that I'm interested in posing because I feel that when people really ask themselves things, they get answers in return.