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Being Known As A Writer Did Change The Relationships I Had With Directors. The Rap On Actors Is That They Always Want To Inflate Their Parts. But When Directors Know You Write Screenplays And Have A Different View Of Things, You Really Get Invited Into The Huddle In A Much Fuller Way. And Those Collaborations End In Friendships.

Most Films And Directors Lose Their Nerve And Want To Indicate [emotions] A Bit More, To Show That Their Story Is Clear. I'm Not Saying That's A Good Thing; As An Actor Its Anathema To Good Acting, But To Have Someone With The Confidence To Say That Should I Be Utterly Natural And Minimalist Is Great.

We Live In A World, It's Very Hard For Americans To Understand That Every 20 Seconds A Kid Dies, A Kid Under The Age Of Five, Right, Dies Somewhere On The Earth Because Of Lack Of Access To Clean Water And Sanitation. Every 20 Seconds That Happens On Our Planet. It's Just Very Hard For Us To Relate To.

Clint Eastwood Just Runs An Incredibly Tight Ship, But It's Really Laid Back.

Generally, The Bigger The Budget, The Less Interesting The Characters Become.