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I Hate Those Movies Where Hundreds Of People Get Blown Up And There Are Jokes Afterward. They Poison The Soul.

Everybody Talks About Wanting To Change Things And Help And Fix, But Ultimately All You Can Do Is Fix Yourself. And That's A Lot. Because If You Can Fix Yourself, It Has A Ripple Effect.

Usually, I Have In Mind What I Want To Do. I Shoot Pretty Economically, So I'm Not Shooting Tons Of Stuff That I Could Change, All That Much. I'll Cut Something Or Add A Little Something Back, But Not Too Much. This Is Maybe The Producer Part Of Me, But I'm Always Worried About The Budget, So I Shoot What I Know I Need To Shoot For The Film.

The Script Is Like Music To Me. I Approach It Like It's A Musical Piece And I Hear How It's Supposed To Sound When People Say The Words. There's Rhythms And There's Intonations And Things, And So, When Somebody Comes In And Hits The Notes That I Hear, I Go Okay. Or, They Come Close Enough, And Then I'll Say "well How About You Try It Like This?" And If They Have A Good Ear And They Can Pick It Up, Then I Think Okay, They've Got It.

I'm A Huge Fan Of Jonathan Winters. He's Influenced Everyone Who's Ever Done Improvisational Comedy. You Look To Jonathan Winters For Inspiration. He Paved The Way.