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Well, It Was Interesting Because When I Was Going To Do It The First Time In My Head Was Leonardo Dicaprio [for Chris] And Marlon Brando Was Going To Play The Character That Hal Holbrook Eventually Played. But Then When It Wasn't To Be And There Was No Promise That It Ever Would Be I Think Some Part Of Me Didn't Want To Attach Specifics To It Anymore - Actors Or Anything Else - Because I Wanted To See It Made That Much More Badly.

Jon Krakauer Had Documented It Very Accurately And Very Well But This Kid Made A Real Impression On People, And Likewise They On Him. To Talk To Them Was Very Moving In Many Cases Because They Talk About Him Like They Saw Him Yesterday. In Most Cases They Knew This Kid For A Couple Of Weeks In Their Whole Life And He Just Lasted With Them.

I'm Not Going To Recommend Recklessness But Somewhere Just Short Of It - Testing Yourself And Proactively Pursuing A Rite Of Passage Has Become Necessary Because In Western Developed Countries We've Become Very Comfort-addicted.

And Dressed Her [madonna] Up Like A Turkey. After I Read That Stuff, I Thought Long And Hard About What One Would Do To Dress Someone Up Like A Turkey. And I Nailed It. I Figured You've Got To Get Out The Playtex Glove, Blow It Up And Put The Glove Over The Head.

I Still Think Photographers Should Be Lashed Out At. They Should Be Put In A Cage Where You Can Poke Them With A Stick For A Quarter. But Not In A Hostile Way, Just For Giggles. They Really Are On The Attack Against Mankind; It's A Disease. They Should Be Helped Somewhere. But I'd Still Like To Poke Them With A Stick.