One Of The Hardest Things About Writing

Lemuel Ayers Had Had A Huge Success Producing And Designing Kiss Me, Kate. He Wanted To Produce This As A Musical. I Got The Job. It Was A Professional Score.

He Came From A Rock Band And Even Though He Was Not A Lead Singer, I Knew He Was Musical Just From That. I Also Knew That He Was Intelligent Enough From Talking To Him, That He Would Not Play This Part Unless He Could Handle It Vocally. I Knew He Was Not About To Get Up There And Have To Have His Voice Dubbed Or Come Off Croaking. So Johnny Depp Casted Johnny Depp. I Trusted Him Entirely. I Knew That He Was No Fool And He Would Only Do It If He Felt He Could Handle It. I Told Him To Listen To The Score Carefully And If You Can Handle It, Fine By Me, And I Was Right.

That's The Trouble With Awards For A Body Of Work. They Always Come At Both A Good Time And A Wrong Time. Good Because They Tell You What You've Been Doing Was Worth The Doing And Wrong Because They Ought To Come When You're Young And Excited And Hungry For Assurance That What You're Doing Is Worth The Doing.

White. A Blank Page Or Canvas. The Challenge. Bring Order To The Whole Through Design, Composition, Tension, Balance, Light, And Harmony.

It Should Be Interesting To See Two Entirely Different Ways To Treat A Story, Geared For Two Entirely Different Kinds Of Audience.