A Film Director Has To Get A

I Wouldn't Go Up On A Stage Now If You Paid A Thousand Dollars For One Minute Of Acting. It's A Nasty Experience. You're Up There All By Yourself. You're So Damn Exposed.

You Have To Remind People Of Their Own Struggles. It's A Responsibility.

It's Difficult, If Not Impossible, To Get Away With Anything False Before The Camera. That Instrument Penetrates The Husk Of The Actor; It Reveals What's Truly Happening - If Anything, If Nothing. A Close-up Demands Absolute Truth. It's A Severe And Awesome Truth

One Final Thing A Director Needs: The Ability To Say 'i Am Wrong' Or 'i Was Wrong.' Not As Easy As It Sounds. But In Many Situations, These 3 Words, Honestly Spoken, Will Save The Day.

The Only Guy Who Was At All Helpful As A Producer Was Sam Spiegel With On The Waterfront. He's One Of The Few Who Even Knows What He's Doing.