On A Movie, It's Always Better To

I'd Do Anything To Get A Performance, Short Of Malice.

Well, I'm Pretty Anti Legends - I Just Don't Think They're Useful. So That Certainly Wouldn't Be My Intention. But Will It Contribute To That? Sure. Any Medicine Can Be Mis-used. But I Think That There Is A Great Courage, Innocence And Magic To Him That More Than A Legend Is About Connection.

In Short Form I'll Say It Was An Approach To The Family And To [author] Jon Krakauer That Then Led To Me Seeming To Rise To The Top Of The Heap Of Several Filmmakers That Were Trying To Get The Rights. And By Top Of The Heap I Mean In Terms Of Being Somebody That Was Trusted To Do It As They Said They Were Going To Attempt To Do It And That This Way Of Doing It Would Be Something They Would Be Willing To Allow.

Sense Of Self, And The Way One Shares It, Is Perhaps The Most Valuable And Poetic Gift In The Arsenal Of One's Life And Craft.

If You Can't Count On Your Heart Having Some Kind Of Unified Response, You Can't Count On Anything. You Use Your Heart As A Barometer For Your Movie's Completeness.