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What Happens Is Things Come To You - Director, Script - And If You Respond To It, It's Because It's Tapping Into Some Part Of What's Inside You, And Different Roles Tap Into Different Parts.

The One Thing You Can Count On In Hollywood - Across The Board - Is Cowardice.

Reputations Are Maintained By The Outside World, And They're Created By It, Too, By And Large. And They Serve As A Hell Of A Device For Privacy, Because The More People Look For Something That's Not There, The Less Chance They Have Of Violating Who You Are. It's Like Going Out There With A Mask On, Without Having To Exercise Your Upper Body To Put It On.

Bukowski Said, "i Know I'm Good, So I Like That People Think I'm Bad, Because It Gives Me A Dimension, Effortlessly."

Whatever I Was Able To Do With Those Experiences Certainly Contribute To Whatever I'm Able To Do As A Director. The Corruption In That Is That Most Of What I Acted In The Last 10 Years Was To Steal Film School Time From These Guys. Those Were The People I Thought I Could Learn From As A Director.