I Probably Wouldn't Have Done

The Media In America Has Become So Cowed And Compromised.

I Never Actually Do Rehearsals. That's One Of The Reasons That I Write Those Bios And If I Can Meet With The Actors I'll Meet Them Or Talk To Them On The Phone. What I Want Is For Them To Come On Set Knowing Their Lines And Knowing Who The Character Is.

To This Day, I Get Rewrite Offers Where They Say: 'we Feel This Script Needs Work With Character, Dialogue, Plot And Tone,' And When You Ask What's Left, They Say: 'well, The Typing Is Very Good.'

The Hardest Thing About Movie Acting Is That If You're Playing A Character Who Changes Within The Movie, You've Got To Do That, But You've Got To Do It Out Of Sequence, Because We Never Have Gotten To Shoot In Sequence, And That's Really, Really Tough.

I Remember Being Out Here At The Sunset Marquis, And Whoever Knocked On The Door, I Would Take That Picture That I Was Writing And I Would Put That In The Typewriter, So When I Had The Meeting, They Would Say: 'oh, You're Working On It Right Now?'