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.

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My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in...

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in...

We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around...

We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around...

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being...

It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being...

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best...

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best...

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college;...

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college;...

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I...

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I...

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor...

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor...

I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a...

I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a...

Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and...

Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and...

Life: my favorite occupation.

Life: my favorite occupation.

If you want to have great success, you'd better give them what they want, but...

If you want to have great success, you'd better give them what they want, but...

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I...

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I...

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto...

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto...

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being...

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being...

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter...

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter...

America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.

America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.