I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.

I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.

It's kind of a crazy art form, movies, in that you have to get it right the day you do it, generally.

A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.

When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.

Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.

I like the way corduroys feel. I like the sort of jean aspect of corduroys, but also the texture of them. They probably remind me of my childhood, too, I think. I wore cords, and my dad had a corduroy jacket.