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I Wanted To Tell A Story That Interested Me As Much In The Telling As In The Watching.

Everybody Has The Ability To Be Manipulative, To Be Hateful And Deceitful.

I Was Always Looking For The Most Dramatic Emphasis. One Example Would Be The Letter Writing, Or The Reading Of The Letters. If You Remember From The Book, They Find The Letters And Then In The Most Undramatic Way They Take Them Downstairs, They Get Approval, They Sit At A Table During The Day With Their Own Author, Across From Each Other.

But Even With A Character Like Cary Who Is Relatively Outlandish, At The End Of The Movie He's In A Place Where I Wouldn't Have Expected Him To Be - Taking On The Responsibility Of A Woman Who Is Pregnant And Who Used To Be His Best Friend's Wife.

Sitting In An Automobile Was Where I First Remember Understanding How Drama Works ... Hidden In The Back Seat Of A Sedan, I Quickly Realized How Deep The Chasm Or Intense The Claustrophobia Could Be Inside Your Average Family Car.