If I Ever Woke Up

Studios Are Used To Have An Investment In You, An Actual, Literal Investment In An Actor. You Paid Them Some Money, You Had A Contract With Them And You Were Almost Like A Commodity.

One Of The Differences Between Now And Then Is That The Idea Of Body Image Is A Much Bigger Issue Now. Back Then, Just Being Kind Of Heavy And Barrel-chested Passed For Heroic. Now, You Wouldn't Dare To Play A Hero Without A Lot Of Dieting And Various Specialised Abdomen Machines. But That Was One Of The Things Which Was Interesting About It And I Did Want To Portray Because There's Good And Bad.

It's Been Reinforced To Me, And It's A Little Cliche, But I've Learned That You Can't Make A Movie That Even Works, Much Less That's Good, Without Really Good Writing And Really Good Acting. That Lesson Has Led Me To Not Be Distracted, So Much, By The Other Stuff Going On In Filmmaking And To Focus On The Essence Of A Story, And The Words And The Events And The Way That Those Are Interpreted By The Actors. That Philosophy Has Taken Me To A Place That I Really Like.

It Takes Time To Develop A Sense Of Humor, Shared World Views.

There's Something Really Great And Romantic About Being Poor And Sleeping On Couches.