I'm amazed that movies ever get finished at all - much less come out good once in a while. It's an awful lot of work and it can go wrong a thousand different ways.
The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.
I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand.

