I'll Tell You This About The Oscars

Just Learn The Whole Script Before You Start Shooting. That Makes Shooting A Joy. Even If They Rewrite, It's Easy.

I've Written A Lot Of Scripts That Someone Else Directed, And It's Absolutely Vital That, If I'm Gonna Act In It, Then I Have To Take Off The Writer Hat And Let The Director Direct.

It's Hard On An Actor When You Have To Do A Scene 45 Times And You Know Damn Well That Three Of The Angles A Director Is Shooting Will Never Make It Into The Movie.

Another Mistake A Director Can Make Is Not To Be Prepared, So You Get There On The Day To Shoot The Scene, And They Don't Know How It Should Be Blocked, And They're Not Clear On How They Want To Do A Scene.

The Character And The Actor In A Long-running Series Slowly Become One. I Think There Must Be Funny Stories About Actors Who, In The Pilot For A Tv Series, Did Some Weird Thing With Their Eyes, Or Some Speech Impediment Or Something, And The Next Thing You Know, It's Eight Years Later, And They're Still Doing That Freaking Gag.