I produced and directed a movie a couple years ago that won some awards that Samuel Goldwyn released called 'The Last Good Time'. I wrote, produced and directed it, but I wasn't in it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.
I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life.
I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while all my friends were doing the good shows, like 'Cheers,' but I loved it because I got to be a working writer in Hollywood.
Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.
I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist.
Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.
I never made a good movie.
I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold Around the Heart.' Nobody saw it, and it didn't turn out the way I wanted to.