What Do We Have In Life, Really?

I Had Various Jobs, I Taught A Sat Class, I Was A Bartender, I Had A Day Job At An Office And Was Making Short Films. I Got Grants From Nysca And Nea For An Idea, Which Later Became 'huckabees,' About A Guy In A Chinese Restaurant Who Had Microphones On Every Table And Heard Every Personal Conversation And Would Write Perversely Personal Fortunes.

That's The Most Beautiful Thing That I Like About Boxing: You Can Take A Punch. The Biggest Thing About Taking A Punch Is Your Ego Reacts And There's No Better Spiritual Lesson Than Trying To Not Pay Attention To Your Ego's Reaction.

The Religion Itself May Have Some Great Ideas, But I Can't Take It Seriously If It's Blatantly Exclusionary.

The Closer You Stay To Emotional Authenticity And People, Character Authenticity, The Less You Can Go Wrong. That's How I Feel Now, No Matter What You're Doing.

I Think I Land Somewhere Between Scorsese And Capra In What I'm Drawn To Emotionally; I'm Drawn To Very Intense Emotion. Capra Freaked People Out When They Saw Jimmy Stewart Lose It In 'it's A Wonderful Life.