It's Not Good For People To Have

Nobody Became An Actor Because He Had A Good Childhood.

Sometimes, Directors Are Afraid To Stop Shooting, Because The Second You Stop And Say, "we Got It," And Move On, You'll Never Get Another Chance. And They're Terrified To Get In The Cutting Room And Not Be Happy. So They Just Keep Shooting.

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.

I've Studied Stanislavsky, And Mamet Taught Stanislavsky, And I Studied With Sanford Meisner. But The Part Of The Method That I Think Is The Most Fruitful Is The Method Of Physical Actions. It All Comes Down To Your Objective: Nothing Else Counts Except What You Want. How You Feel Will Take Care Of Itself.

I've Discovered That I Can't Trust The Ratings Board At All, Because They Have - To My Mind - A Perverted Point Of View About What's Appropriate For Children. They Think That If You See Any Part Of A Male Or Female Anatomy, We Have To Protect Children From It, Which Is Not True, And They Think Almost Any Level Of Violence Is Okay For Children, Which Is Absolutely Not True... They're Really Off The Mark.