Sometimes It's Better To Be

[marlon] Brando's A Giant On Every Level. When He Acts It's As If He Landed From Another Planet. A Planet Where They Produce Great Actors.

My Dad Was In The Army. World War Ii. He Got His College Education From The Army. After World War Ii He Became An Insurance Salesman. Really, I Didn't Know My Dad Very Well. He And My Mother Split Up After The War. I Was Raised By My Maternal Grandmother And Grandfather, And By My Mother.

There Are A Lot Of Roles In Shakespeare, Basically. If I Feel That The Script Is A Movie, I Would Be Interested In Doing Any Role Of Shakespeare's.

I Never Saw Myself As A Director. It's Certainly A Second Language But Making Movies For 40 Years, You Pick Stuff Up. However, This Style Of Making Movies, This Documentary Style, Is Easier For Me Because I Gather A Lot Of Material And With An Editor, Write It On Screen. You Try To Write Based On What You Shot.

Everything Changes With Age. The Parts Change With Age, Your Feelings About Them Change, Roles That I Would've Wanted To Play 10 Years Ago, I Don't Want To Play Now.