You were extremely convincing.
Thanks. Though a lot of people thought it was something else: When I
came offstage, they were saying, “You were so drunk!” And I
wasn’t. Not until after…
Did you enjoy the Oscars?
At first, when you go to premieres and award shows, you’re
thinking, How the hell am I here? All these people I’ve never met
are here, and it’s so cool! And then, as time goes on, it’s
a little bit like, Ah…it’s more like work. There are only a
couple of events where I’ve truly felt, That was an awesome
night—and the Oscars was one of them.
What movie makes you cry?
The end of City Lights makes me cry every time I see
it—when Charlie Chaplin walks by the shop window and the once
blind girl brings him a flower and pins it to his lapel. She’s
always thought that he was a millionaire, but he was really a tramp. She
feels his hand and says, “You?” And he nods. He says,
“You can see now?” And she says, “Yes, I can see
now.” They cut back to his face, and he lights up like
you’ve never seen. That last line—“Yes, I can see
now”—has so many meanings. It’s echoed in every great
romantic movie since then and in every great moment of life.
