Being A Former Theater Student, Of Course,

The Photographer And The Director Are Where Reality And Fantasy Meet.

That's Part Of The Requirement For Me To Be An Artist Is That You're Trying To Share Your Personal Existence With Others And Trying To Illuminate Modern Life, Trying To Understand Life.

So Give Yourself That Chance To Put Together The 80, 90 Pages Of A Draft And Then Read It Very In A Nice Little Ceremony, Where You're Comfortable, And You Read It And Make Good Notes On It, What You Liked, What Touched You, What Moved You, What's A Possible Way, And Then You Go About On A Rewrite.

I Wrote The Script Of Patton. I Had This Very Bizarre Opening Where He Stands Up In Front Of An American Flag And Gives This Speech. Ultimately, I Was Fired. When The Script Was Done, They Hired Another Writer And That Script Was Forgotten.

I've Been Failing For, Like, Ten Or Eleven Years. When It Turns, It'll Turn. Right Now I'm Just Trying To Squeeze Through A Very Tight Financial Period, Get The Movie Out, And Put My Things In Order.