Take It From Your Own

If You Try To Write Something That's Memorable, You'll Never Get It. Sometimes It's The Way The Actor Says The Words That Make It Memorable.

I Remember That, Before John Lennon Died, Everyone Was Saying That Rolling Stone Couldn't Do Good Reporting Anymore. But When He Died, They Wrote This Amazing Issue, As They Should Have About Lennon. They Did That When Elvis Died, Too.

That's How I Am As A Director - If Somebody Does A Really Good Take, I Can't Help It, I'm Not Even Aware Of It. Actors Really, Really Need Positive Reinforcement.

Conception Of A Film Starts With The Music. Always. I Hear The Movie Before I Can Ever Write It. I Would Say That 80% Of The Time, That's The Successful Stuff. It's The Other Stuff I Have To Work For To Get Right, And Sometimes It Doesn't Work Out, But The Music Is Always The Beginning. So I'm Still A Music Journalist.

I Always Loved Movies, But I Never Thought I Would Presume To Be A Screenwriter And Definitely Not A Director. I Spent A Lot Of Time For No Money Trying To Teach Myself How To Write A Script. It Always Felt Like Everybody Was Looking The Other Way And Sneaking That Script Through The System, But It Did Well Later On Video And Got Another Chance.