I'm Always Surprised When People

Scripts Are Kind Of A Bare Bones Type Of Reading Material.

When Independent Films Break Through And Actually Make It Into Any Level Of Mainstream-ness Or Get Seen By People Or Find A Life Actually In Theaters, It's Extraordinary. And It Doesn't Happen That Often.

I Was Always Drawn Toward The Actor's Studio. I Studied At The Lee Strasberg Institute When I First Came To New York. One Of My Favorite Teachers Was One Of Al [pachino]'s Teachers, A Guy Named Charlie Laughton, Who Was Just A Wonderful, Wonderful Man.

I've Always Done Things The Hard Way. I Was Born Like A Piece Of Tangled Yarn. The Job Is Trying To Untangle It, And I'll Probably Go On Doing It For The Rest Of My Life.

I Was So Lucky. I Was Very Broke And I Was Taking Classes At Lee Strasberg's Institute And I Saw A 3 X 5 Index Card On The Bulletin Board Advertising For College-aged Girls For A Film. That Was Animal House.