I Don't Turn My Nose Up At

I Was Raised By An Actress, And I Watched All Those Women Turn 60 And Ask, "should I Get Face Work?" And My Mother And Anne Bancroft Said To Each Other, "we Are Who We Are, And We're Not Going To Fall Into That."

You're Not Directing An Actor Toward A Thing They Can't Achieve. Because Direction Is Elusive. When Directors Hold Respect For The Various Craftsmen And -women Who Are Telling The Story, It's The Greatest Result. I Think People Do Their Bravest Work When Given An Elusive Canvas.

I've Always Loved Film More Than Theater, And Film May Be More Closely Related To Making A Record Because You Have That Ability To Go In And Do Your Work And Have No Judgment Around It, And Feel Honest. Then, Much Later, It's Presented To People. But In Theater, People Come Backstage After A Performance And You're About To Do The Same Play Again The Next Night, And People Say, "well, I Didn't Really Believe That Emotion" Or Whatever. It's Really Hard For Me, I Like To Be Closed Up And Just Do The Work.

The Actors Are Telling The Truth On Some Level, And People Have To Believe It. At Cannes, A Lot Of People Said, "oh, Shocking," But This Italian Girl Said To Me, "my God, I Just Said That To My Boyfriend The Other Night." That's What Lula From Wild At Hearts Talks About. That's Life - To Turn Each Other On, To Feel Good, To Feel In Love.

Virginia Mayo Had Kind Of A Small Role In The Best Years Of Our Lives, But You Got The Whole Character In One Scene. Where Are Those Parts? I Was Talking To Somebody About Great Actors: Morgan Freeman's Name Came Up, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington. And I Realized, There're No Black Actresses. Where's There A Black Actress Who's Been Extremely Successful In The Past 10 Years?