I Did My Homework And Didn't Go

It's Very Difficult To Find The Time Or The Money For People To Organize Rehearsals For Some Movies. It Staggers Me How Little Preparation Often Goes Into These Scenes Which Are Difficult And Complicated. You Think, "god, It's Crazy. I've Never Met This Person Before And Here I Am Having To Work At How To Do A Whole Performance On The Set." It Was Great To Have A Few Days Of Just Talking To Michael [caine] And Daniel [barber] And Thinking About The Characters And The Relationship Between Them Before We Started Shooting.

When I'm Panicked About My Love Handles, I Go To The Ymca And Get Obsessed With Kid Rock Videos As I'm On The Running Machine.

I Already Feel A Bit Annoyed At Myself For Writing Screenplays. It's A Bit, I Don't Know, Model-singer-dancer-actress That Went To A Posh School. There's Something Too Weirdly Predictable About It.

I'm Always Sort Of Anticipating Life Being Difficult, But On A Basic Level, That's Sort Of On The Surface, On A Basic Level, I'm Optimistic In The Sense That I Think It's All Going To Be Alright In The End.

'leonie' Did Get Made And It Was An Extremely Wonderful Experience. I Got To Travel The World. I Filmed For 6 Months - 3 Months In New Orleans And 3 Months In Japan.