Joshua Leonard Quotations

The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research.

I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of.

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one.

I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck.

Actors are such an insecure breed.

Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche.

I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.