I Did Theatrical Caricatures.

Most Acting Today On Television Is Like A Locomotive On A Track. Everybody Knows What They Are Doing. The Problem Of Writing Today Is Everyone Sounds The Same. We Speak Differently. We Think Differently. People Are Different. And That's The Beauty Of It.

The Real Good Comedians, Like Chaplin, Would Make You Laugh And A Second Later, Cry

The Actor Has To Have Some Degree Of Craft, Along With The Talent. No One Tries To Laugh Except Bad Actors. No One Tries To Cry Except Bad Actors. How A Character Hides His Feelings Tells Us Who He Is. Most People Don't Know That, And Most Actors Don't Do That. Therefore, There Are A Lot Of Actors Who Put Me To Sleep, That Are Considered Good Actors, But They're Predictable And Boring. I Know How The Scene Is Going To End Before It Ends.

If It Bothers Me On The Page, I Don't Do It. If It Attracts Me On The Page And Moves Me, Makes Me Think A Bit, Makes Me Laugh, Makes Me Cry, I'm Interested In It. If It's There On The Page, It Means It's There And Up To Me To Bring It Out. I Have Done Some Films Along The Way That Have Been Screwed Up And Not As Good As They Read. Some Films That Are Not That Good On The Page Turn Into Good Movies. So I'm Fallible Is What I'm Saying.

A Good Director Creates A Playground For Actors, And Lets Them Go. The Trick For A Good Director Is In Casting Properly, And Creating The Playroom, And Then They'll Get Stuff That They Don't Expect, And Can't Even Direct. All The Audience Wants To Believe Is That Whatever Is Happening, It Is Happening For The First Time. They Want To See The People Within The Work Exchanging Dialogue And Action In That Moment. There Are Not A Lot Of Actors That Can Do That.