You Have To Kind Of

You Get The Sense That [john] Hughes Is So Right About The Way Groups Divide And Then Divide Again And Then Sometimes Align And Then Sometimes Break Apart. And This Idea That Michael Hall's Character Says, "on Monday, Are We Going To Be Friends?" You Know, Based On This.

I Was Living In New York, So I Just Rode My Motorcycle Up To The Set [of New Jack City]. So First Day Of Work For Me Was Kind Of Tough. I Get Ready To Get Off My Bike, And I'm Surrounded By The Security Guards, Who Were Louis Farrakhan's Nation Of Islam Guys. Who Had The Double-breasted Suits And Guns. And This Guy Goes, "where You Goin'?" And I Said, "i'm Here To Work." And They Said, "no You're Not." And I Said, "yeah. I'm Here To Work On The Movie." And They Said, "no You're Not. Get On Your Bike."

It's More Like The Inner Workings Of John Bender. He Feels Like He's Been Given A Short Shrift, He's Not Been Provided The Opportunities That Maybe These Other Kids Have. So He Feels Like He Begins In A Hole. And Instead Of Trying To Raise Himself Up, He Wants To Bring All Of Them Down. That's A Dynamic That's Pretty Universal. And So That Was The Real Foothold On That. It Wasn't Like, "oh, My High School Experience Is Like John Bender's [in St. Elmo's Fire]."

I Think That Sometimes You Don't Have The Opportunities For Some Of The Most A-list-type Movies, Big-budget Movies. But I Think It's Important To Keep Working And Make The Best Of What's Available. Because Otherwise, What? Are You Just Going To Get Bitter And Moan? What Does My Mom Always Say? "if You Can't Stand The Heat, Get Out Of The Kitchen."

Screws Fall Out All The Time, The World Is An Imperfect Place.