The Greatest Fear In My Life Was

There Are A Few Directors Around Who I Have Some Excitement About Spending My $7 At The Theatre Watching Their Movies.

I Can Tell You That My Contribution Based On My Interpretation Of The Book Is Unchanged. The Other Things, In Terms Of Doing The Research And Following The Trail Of It, Were Probably Pretty Similar To What I Would Have Done Then. I Think That What Makes Me Celebrate That It Took The 10 Years Is The Various Other People And Contributors That I Ended Up Having On Board.

I Don't Think You Can Get Away With Putting Your Talents In A Toilet Bowl And Not Having Them Flushed Away. Forever. There Is A Level Of Murder Of One's Soul And Of The Culture That They're Supposed To Be Feeding Vitamins To.

Yeah, I Had Actually Tried To Stop Acting Before I Made Dead Man Walking.

I Can't Imagine Being Quite As Lucky At Any Other Time - I Certainly Never Have Been Before. That Goes Right Down From My Producing Partners To People Like Eddie Vedder. But The Two Things That Make Me Feel That This Was Meant To Be Now And Not Before Was That The Story Itself Has More Resonance Today - I Find It A More Important Story Today Than It Was Then - And Emile.