With Failure, You Just Try Again.

It's More Like The Inner Workings Of John Bender. He Feels Like He's Been Given A Short Shrift, He's Not Been Provided The Opportunities That Maybe These Other Kids Have. So He Feels Like He Begins In A Hole. And Instead Of Trying To Raise Himself Up, He Wants To Bring All Of Them Down. That's A Dynamic That's Pretty Universal. And So That Was The Real Foothold On That. It Wasn't Like, "oh, My High School Experience Is Like John Bender's [in St. Elmo's Fire]."

I Was Trained By Stella Adler For Theater So You Kind Of Give It All On Every Take.

I Still Think Brooke Shields Is Aces. She's Really Smart, Interesting, Doesn't Feel That Her Time Is More Valuable Than Anyone Else's. Really Hardworking. And I Knew That If She Was The Star Of The Show, It's Going To Be A Good Experience. And It Was.

I Think That There's Room For Everyone. I Don't Think That If One Person Succeeds Then Another Must Fail. That's Lunacy. I'm Not Sure What The Reasons Are For My Philosophy, Maybe It's The Fact That If There Are Ten People Doing The Same Job, We All Know How We Feel And What Our High Points And Low Points Are.

Death Is Not My Best Subject.