Actually, Dern was more than he imagined. It starts with my parents, who are actors and always wanted to be actors. That was how I was raised. Dern maintains that integrity by wisely guarding it closely. What happens to some actors is that they are surrounded by folks who tell them what's hot and sexy and cool, instead of talking about the work, and doing what they would like to do.
Some people say that like it's a bad thing.
As the ice-cream eating girl in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute. It's good to do something else when you're caught up in this weird, fraudulent, hot-celebrity world that can be really silly. When I was five, our TV was on and the movie Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte was playing. I freaked out.