To Me, It's A Very

When You Recognize What Your Talents Are, A Happy Life Is Developing Them To The Greatest Extent You Can.

Then In Came This Script With Another Very Low Offer, And Another Drug Addict And A Depressing And Difficult Part To Play. I Thought, 'why Should I Put Myself Through That For Hardly Any Money?'

It's About Avoiding Reality Through Various Escape Routes That Become Addictions And Lead To Hell. My Character Is Addicted To Television, Chocolate, Coffee, To Her Dream Of Her Son, Which Has No Basis In Reality.

I Do Like To Work With Young Directors Because It's Such A Difficult Business That I Think After Directors Have Been Around A While Sometimes, Not Always, But Sometimes Their Passion Gets Siphoned Off Because They Get Hurt.

Bob Duvall Is A Great Actor Because Each Time Out, He Creates A Whole, Complete Character. You Have The Feeling That You're Not Seeing An Actor At All, But A Fully Realized Human Being. Think Of How He Was In The Godfather. If You Didn't Know Bobby, You'd Think That He Really Was Tom, The Consigliere. Then You See Him In Santini, And He's Completely Different. He's Not Only A Personality, He's A Consummate Actor.