"Hey, I understand that entirely. I always care more for the characters and their interactions than I do for the plot. It's kind of why I love stuff like Crime and Punishment and Anna Karenina. It's all about the characters, you know? And how their decisions and what they do affect their lives. It's why I can't ever really read stuff that's solely plot-based." There was a reason he wasn't much into action movies.

Even if it felt like he lived in one for most of the year.