Gene sometimes... well, he has his dream list.

Isn't it every director's dream to gene-splice to get the ideal person for every role? We had the same problem with the female lead: one actress with the perfect look, one with the voice. I thought, what has Hollywood done in this situation?

You could talk about this for hours and you would come up with different names, a different list, every 30 minutes,

We just kind of put out a dream list of mixers, and that included Dave and other such impossibilities, and assumed that nobody would bite — and Dave did.

David's one of three or four targets I've had on my list since I came here,

I'm always pursuing the next dream, hunting for the next truth.