Most Of The Books That I've Adapted

Most Of The Books That I've Adapted I'm Doing Because I Love The Book And I Feel Like It's A Great Work Of Art In Itself, And When It's A Great Book I Feel As A Director Or A Writer That I Have A Responsibility To Rise To The Level Of The Original. It Makes Me Try To Reach Higher.

I Put Out A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Material, And Maybe People Read That As Egotistical. Or Maybe, Since A Lot Of It Does Involve Some Aspect Of Me, They Find It Self-aggrandizing. But There’s A Long Tradition Of Artists Using Themselves. Look, I Know I’m Not Perfect. And, Who Knows, Maybe A Part Of It Has To Do With Self-obsession. But It’s Also About Using This Weird Thing That Is A Public Persona As Raw Material For Creative Projects.

I Feel There Are So Many Things In This World That Have Been And Are Being Created That I Could Spend The Rest Of My Life Thinking About, And I Couldn't Cover All The Things I'm Interested In. That To Me Is What Makes Life Sweet-learning And Exploring.

Generally You Don't Initiate The Projects - They're Designed And You're Inserted. Your Material Is Edited By Somebody. You Feel A Lack Of Power Over Your Work.

I Learned A Lot Of Good Things In My School. I've Audited A Lot Of Other Schools, And I Guess After A While I Got A Little Tired Of The Acting School Atmosphere.