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People Often Call And Say: "can You Help Me To Get Bill Murray In Our Movie." But I'm Always Like, "well I Don't Know How To Do That!" I've Sometimes Tried And Not Been Able To Get Him But Then I'll Suddenly Be Very Surprised By The Thing That He Will Suddenly Decide To Do.

Mostly With Commercial Work, It Isn't About Personal Vision. It's Not A Personal Effort, It's Work For Hire. That's More My Attitude With Those. You Just Want To Be A Professional Worker.

The Animators Bring Their Own Spontaneity To It As Well, Because When They Do A Take Of A Shot It Really Is Like Just One Continuous Activity For Them. They Launch Into It And Do It, And They're Not Even Quite Sure How It's Going To Turn Out When They're Doing It. They're Sort-of Sculpting Their Way Through A Scene And Trying To Make This Inanimate Object Alive.

The One Thing I've Observed Over The Years Is The Best Way To Get An Actor To Not Want To Play A Certain Role Is To Offer It To Them. That Makes Them Say, "well, Maybe It's Not That Good. These Guys Don't Want Me To Do This..."

Usually When I'm Making A Movie, What I Have In Mind First, For The Visuals, Is How We Can Stage The Scenes To Bring Them More To Life In The Most Interesting Way, And Then How We Can Make A World For The Story That The Audience Hasn't Quite Been In Before.