Warren Beatty Once Told Me That If

I'm Fairly Sure I Didn't Show Enough Gratitude To My Employers, And I'm Sorry For That.

I Don't Think Of My Life As A Cliche, But I'm A Cliche Eccentric. Complete With A Strange Name - I Mean, Who's Named Val? How Many Vals Do You Know? I Mean, Really?

There Are Only Three Reasons To Do A Movie: The Cast, The Director, The Role. Like I Say, You Live In A Minute Of Screen Time, But To Prepare For The Minute Takes Much More Than A Day. You'd Better Be Excited About What Those Moments Are, Even If They're The Hardest Moments. Or The Smallest.

I Love That Bob Dylan Asked Me To Be In The First Movie He Wrote.

I Probably Complained More When I Was Younger. The Movie Industry Can Be Frustrating But I Think Sometimes I Could Have Been More Helpful, Approaching A Film As A Partnership Rather Than Being Critical Of A Director's Ignorance. I Wasn't Sensitive To The Fact That It's Very Hard To Direct.