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" When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want. "
Eric Stoltz
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" I try to read all news sources - not just CNN or FOX, but worldwide papers and journals, to get opinions from every end of the spectrum - and then I like to try to find out the cut and dried facts - and go from there. "
Eric Stoltz
Opinions
Facts
End
" I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing. "
Eric Stoltz
Normally
Movies
Interested
" Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew and talking to the actors about how they like to work. Who is fussy? Who is left-handed? Who wants to go home early, and who is the perfectionist? "
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" To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lists, act out the scenes, and search for a theme that I can relate to. It's my favorite time of the process. "
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Time
Day
Chicken
" The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors. "
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You
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Camera
" I consider myself a very lucky man indeed. "
Eric Stoltz
Consider
Indeed
Lucky
" My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment. "
Eric Stoltz
Reading
Perfect
Moment
" It just seems to me that the world's kind of a mess, and the more messy it gets, the more interested I am in escapist fare. Having a good time is something that isn't about the war in Iraq or the Asian flu or the Kyoto protocol - things that are horribly depressing to consider in our real lives. I'm eager to get away from them. "
Eric Stoltz
Me
I Am
Good
" It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant. "
Eric Stoltz
People
Home
Kind
" I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me. "
Eric Stoltz
Man
Living
Me
" I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge. "
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More
Years
Been
" I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present, as long as the story is compelling. "
Eric Stoltz
Present
Story
Place
" Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great. "
Eric Stoltz
Time
Cell Phone
Think
" My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara. "
Eric Stoltz
School
Parents
High School
" There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a bottle of glue, chip in twenty bucks, and hope you all make it through the day. If you manage to finish it and it actually turns out to be pretty good, it's thrilling. "
Eric Stoltz
Hope
Day
Time
" I was up for Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather,' but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in 'Pretty Woman' held a bizarre allure for me. But, it's silly to look back with regret. "
Eric Stoltz
Choice
Regret
Think
" But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head. "
Eric Stoltz
Know
Character
Story
" I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that was actually in the United States. "
Eric Stoltz
Film
United States
Story
" I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me. "
Eric Stoltz
Who
Directors
Hand
" It seems that whatever we do is somehow beyond reproach - murder, rape, drunk driving - as long as we go on a TV show and apologize. "
Eric Stoltz
Go
Drunk
Driving
" I don't want to see the zipper in the back of the monster suit. Like everybody else who goes to the movies, I want to believe the monster is real. "
Eric Stoltz
See
Want
Back
" Things happen to everybody in the course of a lifetime. Relationships end, people die, tragedy befalls everyone. So everyone has this wealth of experience, and the older you are the more you have to draw on. "
Eric Stoltz
Experience
End
Wealth
" Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do. "
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Only
Directing
Admiration
" My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films. "
Eric Stoltz
High
Future
Film