A lot of people think they can't help directly with the Hurricane Katrina, but if you come out to 'Burgers at the Beach' Thursday night, you can. |
He came through the door and he was really nervous, which again made me excited because, OK, this isn't someone who is professional and wearing a mask and being slick and all that. His first take was horrible, and I was totally crestfallen. I told him to stop acting, and he nailed it. It was a sort of 'meant to be' type of thing. |
I felt someone was revealing hard truths about themselves, revealing uneasy things about themselves, which I always find really generous, ... It makes my life easier when people say, 'Hey! I'm not perfect,' or, 'Hey! I've got flaws.' And he did it with such a sense of humor and such compassion for all those flaws, he was making us all a cushion to trip over and fall on, you know? |
I had to find a young person who was willing to show his fear in a way that's not fake. The character is very vulnerable and exposed. When Lou came in, he had this nervousness that he didn't try to hide. He was a real kid - but he was also an amazing actor. |
I relate to Lou a lot, ... We're both sensitive boys who think too much. Sensitive straight boys who think too much. We're kind of caught in the middle. |
I think Elliott's songs and The Spree's songs complement each other both chord and tone-wise, as well as with the goals of their music. In different ways, they both have written music that deals with being fragile. Yes, I think The Spree are all about fragility. As big and happy as they can sound, they're sort of 'The Fragile Army' to me. |
I'd known Elliot for a while, ... He was kind of 'off the Earth' on the heroin thing. |
It makes it increasingly difficult to fill the work orders we already have. |
It was awesome to look behind me and see Bill on drums. |
It was pretty fun - good just playing with all these people at my level. It's nice playing against people I know will make me better. It's just good holding up the Vanguard tradition and giving my all here tonight. |
It was really the actors who gave me the confidence to see this through in a way, ... They didn't need to be convinced. Each one of them was there for me when I needed them and every conversation, every exchange of ideas, turned out to be the highpoint of this first feature experience. |
It was really the actors who gave me the confidence to see this through in a way. They didn't need to be convinced. Each one of them was there for me when I needed them and every conversation, every exchange of ideas, turned out to be the highpoint of this first feature experience. |
It's not perfect. I have problems with it. But as a learning experience, it was a great practice exercise. |
The best thing ... is the kids are hard workers. We're all about the same level. |
The biggest thing that floors me is that nobody can tell me where this rule comes from. |