I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.
If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances.
I didn't finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldn't work and I didn't have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.