You know, people want someone to tell them the answer, ... They want a friend, or a teacher, or a parent - but above all I guess they just want to know. And the truth is you can't tell them, and that's a hard thing to deal with. And it's easy to get wrapped up in the idea that this person knows - that he will tell me what I need to know, what I need to live - because he means a lot to me. -Michael Pitt

 

You know, people want someone to tell them the answer, ... They want a friend, or a teacher, or a parent - but above all I guess they just want to know. And the truth is you can't tell them, and that's a hard thing to deal with. And it's easy to get wrapped up in the idea that this person knows - that he will tell me what I need to know, what I need to live - because he means a lot to me.


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Because I look up to Kurt and River Phoenix, I've been forewarned, and a lot of the decisions I've made in my career are to counteract my fame.

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Well, I played a junkie. People have said to me: 'My God, your walk in the movie is just like Kurt's.' But I was just trying to walk like a junkie.

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It was a dream, ... There's a sense that even when the movie is scripted, a lot of the best things that happen are accidents. It's an environment set up where the accidents can flow.

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