It seemed to be able to mine the craziness of everyday living in this busy world. I loved the way it flip-flopped from almost farce-like comedy to something very sweet and serious. It made me laugh. |
It's a family drama dealing with these people and about their lives. Talking to Jesus, it's really kind of what Daniel's imagination of what talking to Jesus really would be like, and it's fraught with all of Daniel's limitations. . . . It's literally the internal dialogue of Daniel. |
It's a kind of star-crossed 'Romeo and Juliet'-type love story, where these two were desperately in love with each other, but everyone around them doesn't want them to be together, |
Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it. |
Paul sometimes would be a little bit annoying to me, because I'd be behind the camera on a scene I wasn't in, looking at the clock and going, 'Come on, we've got to move on,' |
Paul would be laughing with extras and saying, 'Yes, and then we could do that,' and, 'Let's try this,' and I'm like, 'OK, but we've got to go!' |
That was a nice benefit, to have a real bit of social good come out of doing the film, |
This Is My Father |
To get to do something as rich as this story and this part, with my two brothers and my sister -- you know, there was nothing like it, |
to work with the best material that is offered to me at a time when I need to work, and with the best people. |
Well, I'm an Episcopalian priest who struggles with a little self-medication problem, and I have a 23-year-old son who's gay, and a 16-year-old daughter who's caught dealing pot. |
When I read the script, I just started pacing back and forth, laughing. I thought, 'I could see myself doing this.' And it's set in New York? That's it. |