Not That I've Always Loved The Movie

I Certainly Grew Up Seeing More Movies And Television Than I Read Books, But When It Came Time To Do The Thing Itself You Don't Have To Hire A Lot Of People To Sit Down And Write A Book, So That Was The Story-telling Medium That Was Available To Me.

I Never Actually Do Rehearsals. That's One Of The Reasons That I Write Those Bios And If I Can Meet With The Actors I'll Meet Them Or Talk To Them On The Phone. What I Want Is For Them To Come On Set Knowing Their Lines And Knowing Who The Character Is.

To This Day, I Get Rewrite Offers Where They Say: 'we Feel This Script Needs Work With Character, Dialogue, Plot And Tone,' And When You Ask What's Left, They Say: 'well, The Typing Is Very Good.'

But Compared To Writing A Novel, Where You Can Be God, I Did The Bay Of Pigs Invasion In Six Pages Once, And There Were 50,000 Guys With Boots That I Didn't Have To Pay, And All Those Extras; We Didn't Have To Pay Them.

I've Always Got Five Or Six Things That Would Either Make A Good Feature Or Tv Show. And You Just Never Know. You Go And You Pitch And It May Be Exactly What They're Looking For, Or They May Stop You After Two Sentences And Say, "oh, We've Already Done Something Just Like That."