You have to leave the window open for better classes to come along as you go. You can't grow too proud of your script. You have to let the thing shape itself. It guarantees the best classes will always be used and it also keeps you from going braindead. If you grow bored and uninspired working on something, the audience will be able to tell.
Don HertzfeldtFighting a cold, but I'm powering through. As they say, there's nothing better for a cold than doing interviews all day.
Don HertzfeldtI frequently run into this, where I genuinely feel like - and this is not just my head cold talking right now - I often, and this is going to sound weird, but I often feel like the guy who makes these movies is smarter than me. Smarter than the guy on the phone right now.
Don HertzfeldtMost people's personalities and roles are locked by the time they're nine or 10. I think there's something to that.
Don Hertzfeldt