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I Think I Got Spoiled And That Writing A Short Story And Getting It Published, Or Writing A Novel And Getting It Published, You Pretty Much Get To Do The First, Second And Third Draft Yourself Without A Whole Lot Of Interference.

I Certainly Grew Up Seeing More Movies And Television Than I Read Books, But When It Came Time To Do The Thing Itself You Don't Have To Hire A Lot Of People To Sit Down And Write A Book, So That Was The Story-telling Medium That Was Available To Me.

Well, Acting Is Cheap; I Knew All These Actors Who Weren't In The Screen Actors Guild Yet, And It Happened That They Were All Just About Thirty Years Old.

For Me The Writing, When I'm Going To Direct It Myself, Is Really Just The First Draft, And I Don't Change It Very Much; I Only Change It On Average About Two Lines Per Movie.

I Never Actually Do Rehearsals. That's One Of The Reasons That I Write Those Bios And If I Can Meet With The Actors I'll Meet Them Or Talk To Them On The Phone. What I Want Is For Them To Come On Set Knowing Their Lines And Knowing Who The Character Is.