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I hate the computer. I hate their spell-check. I won't ever do e-mail.


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The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).



Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"



When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.



Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.



It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.



Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.



We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.



People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.



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I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.



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At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both.




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