Judging People You Don't Know For Things

I Just Love It So Much [acting]. When I Get Passionate, I’ll Give You Everything Until I Collapse. That’s Not In Any ’look At Me, I’m A Saint’ Kind Of Way. It’s Very Selfish In A Way. I’m Doing This Really Awesome Exploration, And It’s Like A Drug, Because I Completely Disappear.

I Was In A Store In Halifax, Nova Scotia That I Love, Sort Of Like An Environmental Friendly Sort Of Store. But They Had A Great Book Section. So I Went In There All The Time. The Woman Who Worked There - Which I Feel So Bad; I've Forgotten Her Name - She Handed Me The Book And She Said, "hey, You Should Read This. I Think It Would Make A Good Movie." I Remember Reading The Back Of It And I Was Like, "huh." Then I Just Devoured The Book And I Was So Moved By It And Said, "why Don't We Start Developing This Into A Film?" So That's How It ['into The Forest'] All Started.

There Are A Lot Of Things I Love About Acting And One Of The Things I Love The Most Is, Here You Are Taking Words Off A Page, Working With Someone You Might Have Met Just A Week Before, And Somehow You're Creating A Moment That Separates Itself From Space And Time. You Feel An Incredible Rush When You Have That Moment With Another Actor. You Can Feel It Bounce Off One Another. Every Take You Do Can Reveal Different Things That Were Hiding. And Things Outside The Story Get Revealed To You, Too. It's An Incredible Way To Work And To Experience A Story.

No Matter What Character Your Play. I Feel Like Whenever Anyone Is Honest And Whole And Well-written, You're Going To Be Able To Connect To That Person Because We're All Kinda Made Up Of The Same Stuff And I Think That's Always One Of The Really Powerful Things About Approaching Each Individual Character And Role And Film.

Regardless, For Me, I Feel A Personal Obligation And A Social Responsibility.