People Are Human. There's Such A Premium

Somebody Once Told Me - And I Could Be Wrong About This - That The West Wing Was, On Any Given Episode, $300,000 Over, On Average. Now Today, If You Were $10,000 Over Budget, They Would Cancel You. For Sure.

For The Only Time In My Career, I Came In And Met Tony [richardson] For The Part - I Did Not Read, I Just Met With Him - And In The Middle Of The Meeting, He Told Me That I Had The Part [in The Hotel New Hampshire]. There Was Never, "well, Thank You, And We'll Have My People Call Your People." There Was None Of That Kabuki That Goes On Now Endlessly For Even The Smallest Role.

Ridley Scott's Company Makes Great Work In Whatever Arena, Whether It's Movies Or Commercials Or Television. They Just Do Really Quality Stuff, So You Know It's Going To Be Quality.

Random Roles? Oh, I Saw Virginia Madsen Do This The Other Day! You See? I'm Paying Attention!

You Can Meet People Who Are Really Beautiful. Then, When You See Them Angry For The First Time, All Of A Sudden They're Not Beautiful Anymore. They Didn't Just Step Into The Other Room And Have Plastic Surgery; They're Still The Same Physically. It's Just That Something Inside Of Them Has Changed. They're No Longer Attractive.