-: It was funny because my manager from LA flew in because
I have a film in the Virginia Film Festival this weekend.
And she's seen a bunch of earlier drafts of it,
but wasn't able to make it a lot of the
other film festivals that were mostly on the East coast.
But this one, I said this is a special one to me,
really special one.
That's probably the highlight of my career,
and I've listed off a great year I've just had.
But this is it.
This means so much to me.
And she flew out, and my girlfriend is here,
and my birthday was just last week,
and my parents said, what do you want for your birthday?
You know, it could be sending money for a nice dinner,
something like that.
And I said, I want you to come up to UVA.
I want you to be at this festival,
and I wanna walk with you through grounds again,
kinda let me relive some memories
and let me share that with all of you.
And I was just walking to Bodo's Bagels
from the drama department where I was giving
a guest lecture.
And my girlfriend and my manager were on my left and right,
and they were like, wow, the non-pride you have
at this place is really remarkable.
And not only is it a beautiful school,
not only did I make, not a ton,
but I made four or five friendships
that I will have for the rest of my life.
There's something about this school that attracts
obviously bright and ambitious, and hardworking people.
But it attracts, I think there is such a thing
as the Virginia gentlemen and the gentle woman.
I mean, there's a class at this university,
there's an intellectual curiosity that's infectious here.
And I truly believe these are hallowed grounds.