If There Is No Direct

I Did Some Writing And Bought A Book, And Have Been Working On That As A Film To Act And Direct In.

If You Have This Enormous Talent, It's Got You By The Balls, It's A Demon. You Can't Be A Family Man And A Husband And A Caring Person And Be That Animal. Dickens Wasn't That Nice A Guy.

Acting Didn't Solve Much! If It Did, I Would Have Ended Up Much Less Crazy Than I Am Today, But I'm Not. At Least For Me, Acting Is A Relief - A Relief To Be Able To Admit Certain Things About Myself And Disguise In My Work, In My Characters.

Someone Once Said To Me, 'some Of Us Choose To Live With A Lifeboat Just A Little Bit Out Of Our Reach.' I'd Like To Reach A Point Where I No Longer Bullshit Myself. I Think That's The Natural Human Condition - To Lie To Yourself. Because The Truth Is Painful.

So, Most Of It Was Done Over The Phone. But One Of The First Things I Did As A Director, Because It's One Of The First Things You Should Do, Even Though Most Don't, Is To Ask Good Actors Who They Think Is Right For The Part. They Know Better Than Anybody. But Without Missing A Beat Maggie Said Pauline Collins. I Didn't Know Pauline Because I Hadn't Seen Shirley Valentine, But Then I Saw This Thing That She Did With Woody Allen [you Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger], In Which She Was Wonderful As A Psychic, And I Said To Her On The Phone: "the Dialogue Seemed Improvised."