They (the People Of Puerto Rico) Are

If I Can Avoid The Mirror When I Brush My Teeth In The Morning, I Will. I Find Security And Safety In The Most Profound Degree Of Ignorance. If You Can Just Stay Ignorant Of Almost Everything You'll Be Ok. It's Fine To Stay Informed And Look At Things, But To Judge Things Will Bog You Down.

I Went Through Various Stages In My Childhood, As We All Do, Various Stages Of Obsessions With People And Things. And I Did. I Wanted To Be The First White Harlem Globetrotter.

In Terms Of It Being A First Screenplay, Literally, My Hat Is Off To Him [wally Pfister]. I Didn't See Any Virgin Blather In Screen Direction, Or Anything Like That. It Was Just A Wonderfully Executed Piece, And A Complicated One. The Mathematics Involved In Putting This Film Together, Between Jack And Wally, And The Great Support Of Alcon, It Was Not A Easy Little Operetta.

I Was Always A Fan Of The Great Old Spaghetti Westerns, The Sergio Leone Films. But The One That Always Sticks With Me, That I Just Thought Was Brilliant And Perfect Is "cat Ballou." Lee Marvin In "cat Ballou."

When Kids Hit One Year Old, It's Like Hanging Out With A Miniature Drunk. You Have To Hold Onto Them. They Bump Into Things. They Laugh And Cry. They Urinate. They Vomit.