When I Finish A Film, I Put

When Ray Charles Is Concentrating He's Like A Piece Of Granite, Nothing Twitches, Nothing, ... He Sat For 25 Minutes Solid Like That, Like A Stone, And I Thought, 'oh My God, If He Doesn't Like It I'm Dead.' ... And Then Finally, After 25 Minutes He Started To Talk Back To The Screen. I Heard Him Say 'that's Right. That's The Truth.' .

Look At Walter Huston In The Devil And Daniel Webster: It's An Incredible Performance.

I Also Know What Looks Good Before The Camera, How To Move The Camera, And How To Get A Story On The Screen.

My Creative Partner Is A Writer, And He's Got An Executive Producing Credit On This Film. We've Made Three Films Together And I Would Never Underestimate The Impact Of A Writer.

But A Writer's Contribution Is Literary And A Film Is Not Literary. When You Take That Stuff Off The Page, And Cast The People Who Are Going To Fit Into Those Roles, That's What Being A Director Is.