The Audience And I Have An Intimacy

Mark Twain Was An Artist Working At The Highest Level. He Wrote A Book, His Masterpiece, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, That Put America On The World Stage For Literature. It's Almost As If, If You Start Reading That Book As A Racist, You Cannot Finish It And Still Be A Racist.

It Looked Like It Might Not Work Out With Michael Keaton, So They Asked Joel Schumacher, `who Do You Want For Batman?` When He Said Me, I Asked My Agent, `why? Who Did They Not Get?` I`d Met With Joel A Couple Of Times Before About Other (movies). I Didn`t Know Anything In Terms Of The Cast, Story Or Anything, But I Said, `sure, Sounds Like Fun.` - On Accepting His Role As Batman.

Do What You Like To Do So Well That Someone Will Pay You Wages For It.

I'm Going To Put A Museum On My Ranch And People Keep Saying, "that's A Huge Idea." Yeah, It's Big, But Not Bigger Than The Average Big Movie. A Hundred Million Dollars In The Art World Is A Substantial Amount Of Cash To Do Anything. That's Maybe A Big Gallery's Total Sales For A Given Year.

My Father Was Raised In The Mountains Of New Mexico, And He Picked Cotton For A Dollar A Day. He Was Working For The Family From The Time He Was 7.