The Score Is Always The Wonderful Icing.

Look At Walter Huston In The Devil And Daniel Webster: It's An Incredible Performance.

It Isn't Glamorous Until After The Film Is Finished, And You Are At The Premiere And Getting Your Picture On The Cover Of Magazines.

My Creative Partner Is A Writer, And He's Got An Executive Producing Credit On This Film. We've Made Three Films Together And I Would Never Underestimate The Impact Of A Writer.

You'd Be Surprised How Many Movie Stars Still Care About The Work.

When Ray Charles Is Concentrating He's Like A Piece Of Granite, Nothing Twitches, Nothing, ... He Sat For 25 Minutes Solid Like That, Like A Stone, And I Thought, 'oh My God, If He Doesn't Like It I'm Dead.' ... And Then Finally, After 25 Minutes He Started To Talk Back To The Screen. I Heard Him Say 'that's Right. That's The Truth.' .