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I will not ever say that it's good to start with too little preparation, because that's patently not true. But I don't rehearse the way a lot of directors do, to stage a scene in terms of manners and attitudes and lock them in.

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When you rehearse a play, you spend four weeks with one goal in mind - to wean the actor away from you. You want the actor to become completely independent and to understand all the emotional and psychological moves within the character.

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There will be people who are sensitive about seeing the American point of view presented as less than sympathetic.

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Stars are like thoroughbreds. Yes, it's a little more dangerous with them. They are more temperamental. You have to be careful because you can be thrown. But when they do what they do best - whatever it is that's made them a star - it's really exciting.

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I don't care much about acting.

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You can't trust your memory. You change it to suit yourself.

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I remembered myself as an unpopular and rather sad kid.

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South Bend is a nice town, but you know that phrase - 'I was homesick even when I was home.'

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It doesn't matter what I'm doing - I wish it was something else. If I'm producing, I wish I was directing. If I'm directing, I wish I was doing almost anything else!

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From almost the first time I stepped on a stage, I knew that was what I wanted to do.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: July 1st, 1934

Died: May 26th, 2008

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