My Definition Of A Friend Is Somebody

But Now I Really Don't Want To Work Unless I Really, Really Care About A Project.

I'd Prefer Not To Act In The Film I'm Directing. I Think, Though, As An Actor, You Do Learn How To Turn Things On And Off Quickly And Kind Of Compartmentalize. You Learn To Accommodate The Camera And The Other Actors, To Notice Where The Boom Is And Where You Mark Is, And Be Able To Repeat Something A Few Times.

Knowing What Paint A Painter Uses Or Having An Understanding Of Where He Was In The History Of Where He Came From Doesn't Hurt Your Appreciation Of The Painting.

I Look Back At My Career When I Was Younger And Can Connect What I Was Going Through At The Time With The Characters I Was Playing. I See The Similarities In Them Reflecting On My Life.

Eventually This All Passes. The Public Horrors Of Today Eventually Blow Away. And, Yes, You Are Changed By The Awful Wake Of Reckoning They Leave Behind. Hopefully In The Process You Don't Lose Your Ability To Throw Your Arms In The Air Again And Spin In Wild Abandon. That Is The Ultimate F.u. And - Finally - The Most Beautiful Survival Tool Of All. Don't Let Them Take That Away From You.