I volunteered at a homeless shelter in preparation for 'Being Flynn,' and when I'm walking along the Bowery, that's the first thing that comes to mind. That's a nice memory.
I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.
The first time I was homeless was when I went to Atlanta. I was in a homeless shelter, then when I got a job I used to miss the curfew for the shelter. So I ended up sleeping outside in the streets.
When you have no money in New York, you're living in a shoebox, and it's freezing. When you have no money in L.A., you're living in a slightly larger shoebox, and you can go outside and feel okay about your life for a minute.
I felt like I was homeless anyway, so the change in environment wasn't that much of a big deal. I felt pretty much the same. After six months of living on the streets [in Camden], I started singing, busking.
Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street.
I realized eventually that when I ran out of places to stay and found myself on the D train and in Central Park, I was actually homeless.
Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.
I lived in my car in Hollywood for a year, and then it got towed. My... apartment got towed. How... does that happen?
I've been so transient, I've been on my own since I was 16. I didn't even have my own place until I was 32 years old. I literally lived out of bags for 16-plus years.
