Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
The end comes, no matter what. The only thing that matters is, how do you want to go out, on your feet or on your knees?
Nobody feels like an adult. It's the world's dirty secret.
I like relaxed sets. I like to feel that I can make a mistake without feeling like I'm costing somebody money. I like a sense of freedom. I like it when people are open and are willing to let you do your work.
When there is tension, arguments and money problems, it's tough to do your work. Some people thrive on that. I don't.
You never know if it's any good until people respond to it. You know how it feels when you do it, but there's so many things involved. The thing you do realize is, if the movie isn't any good, then it's your fault. That's what you think about.
There's nothing like walking onto a Hollywood sound stage.
When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write.
Not only the grounds of the opinion are forgotten in the absence of discussion, but too often the meaning of the opinion itself. . . Instead of a vivid conception and a living belief, there remain only a few phrases retained by rote; or, if any part, the shell and husk only of the meaning is retained, the finer essence being lost.
I'm always trying new things and learning new things. If there isn't anything more you can learn - go off and die.
Everything, I just wanted to be like my father. And, as I grew within the music, I kind of became myself which was even more like my father, only without me trying though.