I Think I'm Optimistic, Yeah, Especially In

Yeah, Sometimes It Gets A Little Sappy For Me, But I'm Tired Of Hearing About Dysfunctional Families In Sitcoms. That's Been Done To Death, And That's Probably What Everybody Expected From Me. But That's Not What I Wanted To Do.

Sometimes I Go To A Test Screening And Look At The Audience In Line, And I Start To Go, "okay, I Bet This Is Going To Work, And This Isn't Going To Work." It's Weird, But Just Going And Facing The Music And Putting It Out Before A Crowd, Even Before It Starts Playing, That Exercise Of Putting It Up On A Screen For People Makes You Realize Things Even Before It Starts Rolling. It's Really Weird. I've Heard Other People Say That, Too.

I'm Fine Watching Stuff On Tape, To Me Casting Is The Most Painful Part Of The Whole Process, It's Like Going On A Horribly Awkward Date Every Five Minutes For Eight Hours, And People Come In And They'll Be Someone Good But They're Not Right, And You Want To Tell Them They're Good, But It Sounds Like Bs, And They're Looking At Your Face To See How They Did, What Adjustments They Need, And It's Just So Emotionally Draining, And It Goes On And On.

I Probably Drive Casting People Crazy Because I'm Not Thinking About Actors So Much As Real People.

It Kind Of Hit Me At Some Point During The Process That Most People In The Film Business - Not Just The Executives, The People Who Make Them, Too - Tend To Come From Pretty Upper-class Backgrounds. If They Go Work A Job, It's To Have That Experience, That Sort Of Thing. After They Graduate College, They Have Time To Go Visit Europe And Take Some Time Off And Get Their Heads Together. That Kind Of Thing, I Sure Didn't Have.