For Ripley I Learned To Play Some

Being Known As A Writer Did Change The Relationships I Had With Directors. The Rap On Actors Is That They Always Want To Inflate Their Parts. But When Directors Know You Write Screenplays And Have A Different View Of Things, You Really Get Invited Into The Huddle In A Much Fuller Way. And Those Collaborations End In Friendships.

I Think It's Still Hard For Me To Turn Down Work If It's Really Good Because For So Many Years I Was Desperate To Get A Job And Couldn't, So I Think It's Anathema For Me To Turn Down Work If I Think It's Really Good.

Most Films And Directors Lose Their Nerve And Want To Indicate [emotions] A Bit More, To Show That Their Story Is Clear. I'm Not Saying That's A Good Thing; As An Actor Its Anathema To Good Acting, But To Have Someone With The Confidence To Say That Should I Be Utterly Natural And Minimalist Is Great.

All Parents Are Trying To Balance. Look, I'm Lucky In The Sense That I Can Control My Hours. I Can Choose My Jobs, And Not Everybody Has That Choice. But I Definitely, It's A Family Decision Every Time I Take A Job.

I Think Clint Eastwood Is A Well Oiled Machine. Everyone That Works With Him Has The Same Reaction, "can I Stay With You?"