I Always Have To Presume That Each

I Don't Have A Formula. Every Time An Actor Wants Me To Hold Their Hand, I Hold Their Hand. If They Say, "stay," I Say "okay, Respect." You Know? "i'm Right Over Here." A Kid, If I Need To Give A Line-reading, I'll Start Acting Out The Part For The Kid And Just Mimic The Kid. You Know? Whatever It Takes.

Optimism Is Not Inherently A Superior Way Of Viewing The World. Certainly Doctors Will Say It Might Be Better For One's Physical Health To Be An Optimist. But, Morally Speaking It May Not Be Appropriate In Certain Circumstances.

I Can't Please Everybody And I Don't Try To. If I Can Please Myself That's Enough. For The Rest, I Just Hope For The Best.

At Eleven I Was At The Peak Of My Creative Powers: I Was Writing Stories And Playlets, Putting Together Poetryprojects. I Was Absorbed By My 'work.' At Twelve I Was No Longer Reading Or Writing, Just Counting Off Days And Checking Them Off. I Was Interested In Survival.

Some Directors Hardly Talk To The Actors At All.