If There's An Idea I Think Is

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.

Liberty Is A Soul’s Right To Breathe.

Clint Eastwood Enables And Allows Things To Happen. You Walk On Some Sets And It's Like Walking Into An Emergency Room. It's Like, "come On Guys, We're Just Making A Movie Here." That Tension Runs Into The Performances And Into The Movie.

I've Been Left Alone, Even By The Paparazzi, Because What Sells Is Sex And Scandal. Absent That, They Really Don't Have Much Interest In You. I'm Still Married, Still Working, Still Happy.

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