[john] Hughes Was Open To That [rehearsal].

I Went And Saw Him [ John Hurt ] Here In L.a.he Did A One-man Beckett Show Of Krapp's Last Tape. I Went Back And Saw Him Afterwards, And What An Actor He Is. He Is So Gifted.

It's Very Easy To Confuse Sean Connery With James Bond. Sometimes In The Entertainment Industry, People Believe The Cake Is More Real Than The Baker.

Though [john] Hughes Did Provide For Us, If We Wanted, To Go To A Local High School And Try To Blend In. Michael [hall] And Molly [ringwald ] Already Had School To Go To With Their Tutors. Ally [sheedy] Wanted Nothing To Do With High School. She Said, "i Remember It Fine. I Don't Want To Go Back." Which Is Great. So Emilio [estevez] And I Went. And Emilio Lasted A Couple Hours Because People Recognized Him From The Outsiders That Had Already Been Out, So His Cover Was Blown.

You Have To Kind Of Roll With The Punches. That's Why I Think Work Begets Work To A Certain Degree. I Just Try And Keep Busy.

It's More Like The Inner Workings Of John Bender. He Feels Like He's Been Given A Short Shrift, He's Not Been Provided The Opportunities That Maybe These Other Kids Have. So He Feels Like He Begins In A Hole. And Instead Of Trying To Raise Himself Up, He Wants To Bring All Of Them Down. That's A Dynamic That's Pretty Universal. And So That Was The Real Foothold On That. It Wasn't Like, "oh, My High School Experience Is Like John Bender's [in St. Elmo's Fire]."