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

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I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of...

From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of...

I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal....

I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal....

The space genre is timeless.

The space genre is timeless.

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 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 today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place...

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place...

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

Life: my favorite occupation.

Life: my favorite occupation.

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...

Movies are movies, television is television.

Movies are movies, television is television.

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.

I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25...

I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25...

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the...

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the...

Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that...

Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that...

Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a...

Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a...

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...

Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to...

Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to...

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in...

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted 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...