We All Want To Be 20 Again

I'm Drawn To A Lot Of First-time Directors. One Of The Great Common Denominators In These Small Independent Films Is That There's A Person, Or Two People, Who Have An Absolutely Monomaniacal Passion To Get These Films Made. That's What Makes Them Happen. Sometimes, It Takes Years And Years To Finally Get It Done, But By Never Backing Down, By Never Giving Up, They Get These Films To The Screen By Hook Or By Crook.

I Think What All Actors Share Is That, Somewhere Down In Your Solar Plexus, There's This Fear That You're Not Going To Be Able To Come Up With The Goods, That This Is The One Movie Where You're Going To Look Like A Fool, And They Should Have Cast Someone Else. And You Feel Ugly, And You've Got Three Chins, And You've Gained Too Much Weight, And You're Losing Your Hair, And There Are So Many Better Actors Who Could Do This. But If You've Got Chops, What You Realize Is That Everybody Feels That Way, So Just Show Up And Do The Job.

We Must Admit That It Is Quite Common That People Do Have Affairs With Their Leading Ladies And Men.

The Emotions Will Take Care Of Themselves. You Don't Have To Prod Them Along. As A Matter Of Fact, You Get In Trouble When You Prod Them Along.

I'm A Firm Believer That Character Is Highly Overrated. Character Is A Trick That We Do With The Audience's Collusion.