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Casting Is Great Fun, Except For The Business Of It. I Love The Casting Process. I Love The Editing Process. I Love Working With The Music. And Even Prep Is Very Exciting. But Once You Get There And The Clock Is Ticking, All It Is Is Stress.

A Movie Takes On Its Own Life, And You Have To Respect That And Be Open To It.

I Think, In Fact, There's A Plus And A Minus To Knowing My Prior Work, Happiness And So Forth. The Plus Is Of Course You Can See How I Play With The Characters, The Storylines, And The Way Things Play Off Each Other. And The Minus Is That It Makes You A Little Bit More Self-conscious, That You're Not Able To Enter The Movie As It Exists And Lives And Breathes, Because You're So Busy Making References, Connections That You're Not Able To Release Yourself From And Take The Film On Your Own Terms.

Optimism Is Not Inherently A Superior Way Of Viewing The World. Certainly Doctors Will Say It Might Be Better For One's Physical Health To Be An Optimist. But, Morally Speaking It May Not Be Appropriate In Certain Circumstances.

Some Directors Hardly Talk To The Actors At All.