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Francis [ford Coppola] Was On The Cover Of Time Magazine For One From The Heart And For Owning A Studio, And He Was Fresh Off Of Apocalypse [now] And The Godfather Films, So He Was At The Absolute Top Of His Game And Legend [in The Outsiders ].

['john F. Kennedy] Movie Is Based On A Massive Best-selling Book, Which Is Always Helpful. And Then The Script Was Amazing And Answered My Question, "why This? Why Now?" And The "why Now" Is That It's 50 Years Since The Assassination, And The Country Needs To Have And Will Have A Conversation About That. And The "why This" Is The Construct, Which I Think Is Sort Of Ingenious.

I'll Be A Role Model On My Terms, But Don't Make A Role Model On Your Terms.

I Think I Have A Pretty Good Ear. I Mean, Even Just Starting With, Like, Austin Powers, Where I Did Young Robert Wagner. People Were, Like, "how Do You Imitate Robert Wagner? What Does He Sound Like? What Does That Even Involve?".

It Was A Little Company That Released [bad Influence], It Was Really Ahead Of Its Time... I'm Really Proud Of It. And It's Curtis Hanson. He'd Directed A Small Movie Before That, But It Was His First Directorial Work That Really Worked.