My Brat Pack Buddies And I Didn't

While They Would Have Provided Financial Support If I Had Needed It, The Greatest Support My Parents Gave Was Emotional, Psychological.

It Was An Audition Process After Breakfast Club, And I Wasn't Really Sure I Wanted To Do The Movie. There Was A Bigger Role That Rob [lowe] Was Already Set To Play, So The Role They Wanted Me To Audition For Was Alec. [director] Joel Schumacher... This Is Back In The Days When You Could Trick Me With Things Like This. He Goes, "don't You Think You Can Play It?" And I Go, "okaaaaay." So Then I Did It For All The Wrong Reasons But I Don't Think I Would Fall For That Again. Who Knows. I Might.

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.

Alien's A Great One. That's A Scary Movie.

I Was Living In New York, So I Just Rode My Motorcycle Up To The Set [of New Jack City]. So First Day Of Work For Me Was Kind Of Tough. I Get Ready To Get Off My Bike, And I'm Surrounded By The Security Guards, Who Were Louis Farrakhan's Nation Of Islam Guys. Who Had The Double-breasted Suits And Guns. And This Guy Goes, "where You Goin'?" And I Said, "i'm Here To Work." And They Said, "no You're Not." And I Said, "yeah. I'm Here To Work On The Movie." And They Said, "no You're Not. Get On Your Bike."