In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class.

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed.

Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class.

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright.

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble.