Film Is The Cheapest Part Of The

In The Course Of My Movies, The Financing And The Releasing Were Always The Tough Part. Because I Loved The Creative, I Loved The Writing, I Loved The Making Of It. Because I Guess, I Never Had The Giant Blockbuster, I Never Got That Sort Of Ease For The Next One. So The Next One Was Always, "how Am I Going To Do This?" And That Thing Was Sort Of Always The Thing That Made Me A Little Chickenshit To Go Into The Next One. The Writing Of It Was Great And The Making Of It Was Great, But How Am I Going To Release This Thing And Am I Going To Find A Studio?

When You Improvise On The Spot, People Are Very Reluctant To Have Soft Moments Or Quiet Moments Or Sad Moments Because They're Trying To Fill Up The Spaces. So They Always Go Towards, "how Come You're Late?! You're Supposed To Have My Shirt Ready! You Call This A Dry Cleaner?!" That's What Happens. That's Why Improvising On The Spot Gets Very Dicey.

I Can't Not Put Humor In A Book.

The World Really Changed After 9/11, Not Just In The Tragic Way, But In Every Way. So It Took Me A Couple Of Years To Even Understand How My Art Form I Could Process Any Of This. When The World Changed, Eliciting Laughter With Subjects That Were Funny To Me Before 9/11 Just Didnt Seem Good Enough.

I Don't Think The Goal Is, 'how Big A Star Did You Ever Become?' I Think The Goal Is, 'were You Able To Express Yourself?'