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Forgiving Yourself May Be For Many People, At Least For Myself, Extremely Difficult. And Then In A Larger Context, I Will Say That I'm Constantly Astonished By Those Who Pray Daily, "forgive Me My Sins As I Forgive Those Who Sin Against Me," And Beat Very Loudly The War Drum.

I Like Actors Who, When You See Them On Screen, You Sense A Person, Not Just An Actor.

I've Always Approached Screenplays And So Forth With, "how Would It Really Happen?" Not "what's The Movie Version?" But "what's The Real-life Version?" Then I Just Follow My Nose.

I Think About What Movie I Would Like To See. I Don't Think Of Them As A Correction Or Palliative. I Certainly Am Irritated By Anything That's Shot In The Midwest And Filled With These Noble People. "oh, They're So Good, And They're So Honest..." I'm Not Interested In That. I Just Think Of What's Right For A Movie.

Were "a Clockwork Orange" Or "blue Velvet" Released Today, Would They Have The Same Power To Shock That They Had When They Came Out? Are We Too Inured By That Torrent Of Images And The Ridiculousness Of Modern Political Life, So That Nothing Shocks Us Anymore? What Does It Take To Shock Someone Today - Or At Least Jolt Them? I Don't Have An Answer. I'm Just Asking The Question.