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I Feel Like The American Years Were My Apprenticeship For Doing A Bond Movie.

The Moment You Have Kids, You Are Prey To Judgment, But You Also Become A Judge. You Find Yourself Going, "can You Believe What She Did With Such-and-such?" At School.

If You're Doing A Classic Play, Where If You Do A Chekhov, You Do The Words As Written. You Can't Do That With A Novel; You Have To Do Your Version Of The Words As Written.

I've Directed Bits Of Action And So I Know That It's Long And It's Very Detailed. Editing Action Is A Good Deal More Exciting Than Shooting Action. Shooting Action Is Very, Very Meticulous, It's Increments, Tiny Little Pieces.

The Importance Of Rehearsal Is Maybe You Want To Talk About How The Scene's Going To Be Designed, How It's Going To Be Staged, All Of Those Things. It's All About Preparation, And Deciding What Mutually You Don't Want To Do, Rather Than Necessarily What You Do.