I Can Rely On Me

I Do Occasionally Wonder, If You Were To Bring To Life One Of Those Young Men Who Sacrificed Themselves In What Was Advertised To Them As The Great War, And The War To End All War, And Show Them That We're Still Engaged In Armed Conflict In The Same Area, I'm Not Sure That They Would Be Pleased About What Their Sacrifices Amounted To.

I Have To Believe I Got Some Kind Of Say Over Our Lives.

If You're A Certain Type Of Actor, Then Eventually Stepping Into A Director's Shoes Is A Natural Transition. I've Always Been The Actor Who's Very Focused On The Narrative, Where My Character Is In The Story, And How I Can Benefit The Story. I've Always Had A Technical Aspect Of What The Lens Is, How The Camera Is Going To Move, How I Can Feed The Information The Director Applies Within That Move. If You're That Type Of Actor, Narrative-based, Technically Proficient, The Next Step Is Actually Not That Far.

Anyway, I'm Doing My Rave And This Spittle Comes Out Of My Mouth And It Winds Its Way Very Delicately Through The Wire Fence That Separates Us And Lands Clear And Bright On Denzel's Lip. And We're At The Beginning Of The Scene And I've Got To Do The Rest Of The Scene, And The Camera Isn't On Him, It's On Me - And I'm Fully Aware That I've Just Spat On Denzel Washington!

If You Grow Up ... In The Suburbs Of Anywhere, A Dream Like This Seems Kind Of Vaguely Ludicrous And Completely Unattainable, This Moment Is Directly Connected To Those Childhood Imaginings. And For Anybody Who's On The Downside Of Advantage, And Relying Purely On Courage, It's Possible.