I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring.

I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny.

The people that are doing these things are not stupid or angst-driven teenagers.

Another word for uninspiring is dark.

We are a medium to get out issues. A lot of times teenagers don't pay attention to mainstream media. We are trying to bring it to there level.

There are some people who don't want to think about teenagers having sex at all, in real life or in literature, ... Some parents don't want their kids reading about gay and lesbian characters.