What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio.'

