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You Do Understand That You Can't Force The Situation, But In Terms Of How You Edit, You Can Define That To Take The Audience Along, Whether It Be A Storyline Or A Character Moment That We Can Play Out. The More Experience You've Had, The More Beneficial It Is, Period.

Sarah Palin Kept Talking And Talking, And The More She Talks, The Less Compelling She Can Be. People Say, "she's A Very Good Politician, Very Deft At What She Does," And Whatever. And I Hear That Sometimes And Go, "i Don't Know Much About This Stuff, But I Would Say No." Because The Really Good Politician Expands The Audience, Not Contracts It. She May Be Getting A Very Vocal Crowd, But It's A Very Specific Group.

A Lot Of People Have Done Things Over The Years And Made Fun Of People In One Way Or Another. When I Was A Kid, Vaughn Meader Used To Do John F. Kennedy. I Don't Know If That Makes John F. Kennedy Less Credible. He Would Do The Voice, He'd Have Some Silly Situations Or Whatever. I Don't Know If It Made Him Less Presidential Because Of It.

Producers - We Always Think, "well, Producers Are Very Powerful," But Producers Don't Really Have The Power. It's The Appearance They Might, But They Don't. Even The Actors Don't. Even The Studio Heads Don't, Because They're Beholden To This Corporation And What The Corporation Wants. So No One Really Has The Power, And Everybody's Trying To Get Through The Day, And Everybody's Nervous And Desperate.

Different Reactions While Film Test Screening Doesn't Mean Even The Audience Thinks Ambiguity Is A Bad Thing. But If You're Asking Them Right Away To Start Checking Things Off, They Don't Know What To Do. I Think At Their Best, It Applies To When The Audience Knows What It Is. Then, When They Say, "oh, Well, I Thought It Was Too Boring In Blah-blah-blah Part," Then You Better Pay Attention To It. It's Like Going For The Hamburger. Better Be The Good Hamburger I Went For.