“And then My Own Private Idaho. This movie, the Gus Van Sant movie, it’s so honest... This is one of the movies that was coming out when I was trying to become an actor and I was, like, incredibly influenced by River Phoenix. I thought he was just, like, the thing. I remember the scene when they’re sitting around the campfire and he’s trying to tell him that he loves him... It was, like, one of the most heart-moving scenes. And I was like, 'God, how fucking punk rock is River Phoenix?'”