Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.
William MapotherWell, you're in a theater and it's 24 shots a second, your face, your body, your voice, and it's your craft, the way you earn your living, and it's indelible. It's not like writing a script - I write as well - I can't do another draft, it's done.
William MapotherI've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as a result, I've conditioned myself to go into small independent films with the expectation that they will not, and therefore, I have to find my reward elsewhere.
William MapotherI went to Notre Dame. I don't know if that has any relevance, but maybe we all had a little too much philosophy and theology.
William MapotherOne of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into.
William MapotherI'm ready for conventions. You know what's interesting, the sort of questions that Lost raises are of a different sort from this movie. In other words, Lost is about figuring out the world of the show, whereas this one seems to raise questions about the world that we know. But I'm happy to entertain both.
William Mapother