Naivete Quotes

(On getting into acting) I was just curious about it, in much the same way you might be curious about how cars are made or how to get to the moon. It was naiveté. My girlfriend`s mother was a talent manager, and when I told her I wanted to do movies, she said, "Okay, let`s give it a shot." So many people would have said, "Oh, I don`t know. Let`s get you into some acting classes first and see how it goes." That would have been a bit deflating, and I think I would`ve lost interest.

Punk rock seems like my childhood, the glorious, very exciting naivete of rock n` roll. Stenguns and guitars seem very idealistic when you`re twenty.

We question a country`s self-mythology. Perfect town and perfect family are - like Westerns - part of America`s mythology, involving notions of past innocence and naïveté. But is it possible for innocence to exist while something heinous transpires elsewhere? What does it take for a country to be rich and prosperous? What does that country do to the world?

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.