As A Kid, As A Young Actor,

Hollywood Used To Be Run By Artists And People Who Loved Artists... People Who Wanted To Make Movies For All The Right Reasons. For The Love. The Art. To Tell Stories. Yes To Make Money As Well, But It Was About Both. Now I Feel, It's Mostly About Bottom Line And Making Money.

I Learned A Lot, In Terms Of Inspiring People. It Became Very Clear To Me, Very Early On, That Directing A Movie Was A Lot Like Being In A Theater Company.

How Much Do You Have To Pay Someone To Be In A George Clooney/alexander Payne Film? Nothing!! Because Everyone In The World Wants To Be A Part Of It. Therefore You Pay Nothing. And That Continues Until You Become Something They Need... I'm Not That Kind Of Actor. I'm Blue Collar And Very Replaceable.

Being An Actor, When You Sign Onto A Project - Whether It's Good, Bad, Or Indifferent - You Kind Of Fall In Love With It. You Fall In Love With The Experience, You Fall In Love With The Memories.

If I Could Act In Theater, My Whole Life, And Never Act In Film Or Television Again, And Just Direct The Rest Of My Life, I Would Gladly Do That.