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It Has Nothing To Do With The Emotional Demands Of A Role; I've Done Comedies That Are As Draining To Me As Any Drama.

Whatever I Was Able To Do With Those Experiences Certainly Contribute To Whatever I'm Able To Do As A Director. The Corruption In That Is That Most Of What I Acted In The Last 10 Years Was To Steal Film School Time From These Guys. Those Were The People I Thought I Could Learn From As A Director.

You're Always Having To Live More To Fuel Something New. It's An Obligation To Yourself And To The Audience. The Personal Baggage That Comes With Being A Known Actor Just Adds To That Struggle.

There Is A Kind Of Sense Of Truth And Reconciliation That Is Non-formalized, But It's Understood And Accepted. Haitians Are Haitians And There Is An Inherent Loyalty That Forgives An Awful Lot.

Yeah, I Had Actually Tried To Stop Acting Before I Made Dead Man Walking.