I'd Like To Think I'd Never Do

As An Actor, You're Completely At The Mercy Of Other People. You Basically Go Begging For The Opportunity To Work. As A Writer, At Least Nobody Can Tell Me What To Do. I Can Write What I Want. I Might Not Sell It, But At Least I'm In Control.

I Have Tons Of Rescuing Fantasies Based On The Movies I Saw When I Was Growing Up. I Wanted To Be Robin Hood And The Three Musketeers And The Scarlet Pimpernel.

At A Certain Point, You Have To Convince The Actors That You've Done The Right Thing. The Way I Work, If I Can't Convince Them, I've Got To Move On. I Can't Coerce Them Or Browbeat Them.

No Matter What I Have To Say, I'm Still Trying To Say It In Comedic Form.

Once You're Alienated, You're On Your Own. That Takes You To The World Of The Existential, Where Things Just Kind Of Float.