I know you said you never really expected to be an actor, but while you were getting to that point, did you see a movie or a TV show or anything like that kind of made you think like, okay, I think I really do want to do this?
Growing up, I didn’t watch a lot of movies and TV. It wasn’t a huge movie buff. I guess for some people they watch a movie and say, “oh my gosh”, and this sticks with them forever and they want to tell stories like that. For me, I got to experience it because my sister gave me the opportunity.
So my first, my first experience with the movie world and acting really wasn’t from like an outside desire to be in. It was from a place of being in already and the desire to do my best and fit in. So what drew me into acting was the empathy of all of it, of taking a character and having to fully understand why they act. And as I said, I’m a very logical person. So for me, even though emotions aren’t logical, there’s a way that this plus this plus this adds to this. If you subtract this and you have this, there’s your character that’s sort of like weird artistic slash logical take on it. So that’s why I like it, it’s understanding the puzzle of human emotions.
Oh God, that’s such an interesting way of looking at things because I’m the opposite.
The thing is I’m super empathetic. Like I’ll just be watching American Idol and they show something. I’m just bawling my eyes out because it’s a sense of feeling, but then I want to break down what that feeling is and understand it. Yeah, that’s the mathematical side of my brain.
I just have one more question… is there anything that you’re working on now that you want to talk about?
I just filmed an episode of Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone that they’re remaking. That’s the next thing I have coming out. Otherwise just looking for the next thing. I had a big fall, I had like four movies come out. It’s funny when everything you had in your back pocket is out there now. You know what I mean? This (We Have Always Lived In The Castle) and Twilight Zone are the last things I’ve done. So it’s interesting because the next couple of years it’s going to be making movies and then you go back to promoting it and then making it. So it’s like a fun juggling game.
Are you wanting to take a little bit of a break or are you just ready to dive back in?
I’m actually really excited to keep going. As I briefly mentioned, I just was dealing with some health stuff and personal stuff. So I worked through it, not just emotionally and physically but also did jobs through it. I finally feel like myself again and everything feels right and aligned. So I want to experience working again without having something off kilter if that makes sense.
Yes, I completely understand and we’re all looking forward to see what you do next.
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Next, I talked to the one and only Crispin Glover. The iconoclastic actor/writer/director is one of my all-time favorites and we talked about seemingly everything under the sun including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the positive and negative connotations of propaganda and the fact that no, Crispin Glover does not collect antique medical supplies. Oh yeah, we also talked about We Have Always Lived Inside The Castle, in which he plays Uncle Julien. I must admit I was somewhat intimidated to talk to Crispin Glover because I think of him as a living testament to all things countercultural. He seems to be able to do whatever he wants career wise. It was interesting to have his mythos kind of fade away as we were talking yet simultaneously enthralled by the conversation. Without further ado, here is our conversation:
