“Well, I’ve learned to absorb every kind of constructive criticism. I used to be quite resistant to it, but, I’ve learned to absorb constructive criticism and it’s a very important skill in life, I find. You know, don’t just throw...
“The beauty of acting is that you have to be there in that moment. And when you’re in that moment, it’s an amazing thing because we’re not in the moment in real life, but when you are on that set, on that stage, and that director says “Action,”...
“It’s The Producers. We’re in Chicago and the orchestra plays the first song and they get to the end and everybody applauds, and then they all look at Mel Brooks. And Mel turns to me and he says, ‘Doug, surprisingly good.'” ~ Doug...
“Inevitably just about everybody who showed me their work would start by saying ‘This, oh, uh, it’s not very good this, but, uh, uh…’ to which I would of course have to say, ‘Well, why are you showing it to me, then?’ You’ve got to believe in your stuff...
“Writing isn’t about punctuation and how you lyric the text. It’s about the story you’re trying to sell. So never ever think that you’re less than just because you can’t string a sentence. There’s always somebody who can help...
