There Was Nothing To React To Except

I Would Like To Think I've Reflected The Audience's Lives Somehow, Though It's In This Big, False, Glamorous Arena Of Movies. I Hope People See Themselves Somehow Up On The Screen.

The Easiest Thing To Do Is To Rag On The Media, Because It Isn't Doing A Very Good Job Right Now. It Is So Much Easier To Profit From Celebrating The Worst Aspects Of Ourselves. Acting Strikes Me As The Antithesis Of That. We Can Examine The Worst Aspects Of Ourselves, But We Don't Have To Celebrate Them.

I Have A Woman Who Teaches Me What Love Is Every Day. Maybe That Sentiment Is Possible To Fake, But For Me It's Really True.

All That Most Parents Hope Is That Their Children Are Happy, Funny, Well Adjusted, And Have A Passion For Something In Their Lives. What Would Negate Everything Is If The Next Generation That We're Responsible For Has A Passionless Existence. And That's Cause For Occasional Sleepless Nights.

Now, Learning How To Make A Movie Is Something You Can Figure Out In About An Afternoon. The Physics Of It, The Marks, The Lights, Etc. What's Hard To Do Is To Suspend Your Own Feelings Of Self Consciousness. The Natural Actors Can Do That; They Can Become Part Of A Characterization And Learn How To Maintain It.