Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.
I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.
Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.
Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.
Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.
Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.
America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.
A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.
From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.
I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years.
My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.
Movies are movies, television is television.
Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.
It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.
It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich.